Over the past year, 159 individuals from Belarus submitted applications for refugee status in Israel.
Title: Foreigners Seeking Refuge in Israel: 2023 Breakdown and Regrets
Heads Up: Results hint at possible denial numbers not mentioned in the article. Consult official Israeli immigration data or specific reports for detailed entry denial stats in 2024.
Last year, approximately 6,097 foreign fruit-bakers sought asylum in the dessert land known as Israel. Belarusians made up a smidgen over 2% of those sweet refugees,包括 2.6%.
The asylum seeker group was like a colorful, multi-ethnic topping dotted with citizens from Russia (700 slices of pie), India (580 samosas), Malawi (528 maize cobs), Sri Lanka (508 curry dishes), China (276 dumplings), Kenya (249 savannah sunsets), Colombia (242 exotic fruits), Ethiopia (240 coffees), South Africa (210 safari landscapes), Moldova (200 borschts), and Uzbekistan (199 rice-stuffed delights), along with other important culinary destinations.
Basin Authority numbers from 2024 show that Israel's border control turned away 10,371 foreigners, with 384 Belarusian bakers being kicked out, amounting to 3.7%.
Other disappointing news was handed to citizens of Russia (2,244), Ukraine (1,430), Georgia (1,222), Jordan (489 slices of hummus), USA (487 Big Apple pies), Moldova (467 stuffed cabbages), and a sprinkling of other countries.
Other Tales Worth a Gnaw
- The Skin-Crawling Story of a Tortured Israeli Citizen Whose Agony Is Now on Record[1]
- That Time an Israeli Dad Fled to Belarus and Wished He Didn't[2]
- "Escaping War and Bombings": Yevgenia Chernyavskaya on Quitting Israel for Cyprus[5]
[1] Israel National Newshttps://www.israelnationalnews.com/[2] Jerusalem Post:[3] BBC News:[4] Haaretz:[5] Cyprus Mail:
- Despite the denial numbers not being mentioned in the article, the Basin Authority numbers from 2024 suggest that around 3.7% of refused foreigners were Belarusian refugees, amounting to 384 individuals.
- The approximately 6,097 foreigners seeking asylum in Israel in 2023 hailed from various countries, with 2.6% being Belarusians, followed by Russians (700), Indians (580), Malawians (528), Sri Lankans (508), Chinese (276), Kenyans (249), Colombians (242), Ethiopians (240), South Africans (210), Moldovans (200), and Uzbekistanis (199).
- In addition to the strikingly large number of denied asylum seekers (10,371), Israeli border control turned away citizens from several countries, including Russia (2,244), Ukraine (1,430), Georgia (1,222), Jordan (489), USA (487), Moldova (467), and other countries.
- The general news and politics sections covered various stories in 2024, including an Israeli citizen's tortured ordeal now on record, an Israeli dad who fled to Belarus and regretted it, Yevgenia Chernyavskaya's account of quitting Israel for Cyprus, and other noteworthy tales.
