1. Aliyah Statistics – January – March 2010
This analysis relates to olim who have come to Israel under the care of the Aliyah and Absorption Department of
the Jewish Agency.
During January to March 2010, 2,940 olim arrived. This is a 14% increase over the same period last year (2,589)
not including olim from Ethiopia (34% including Ethiopian olim).
FSU, Germany and Eastern Europe
During January – March 2010, 1,447 olim arrived from this geographic domain, in comparison with 1,138 in
January – March 2009, an increase of 27%.
1,381 arrived from the FSU (35% of all olim during this period). This is a 22% increase over last year.
The majority of olim from the FSU are from Russia, totaling 698 (a 23% increase over last year)
322 olim arrived from the Ukraine (a 39% increase over last year).
From South Caucasus 95 olim arrived (a 21% decrease over last year).
During January – March 2010, 23 olim arrived from Germany, the same number as this period last year..
43 olim arrived from Eastern Europe, as opposed to last year when 37 arrived. 17 of these olim came from
Hungary.
English Speaking Countries
During January – March 2010, 736 olim arrived from this geographic domain. This is an increase of 2% over the
same period in 2009.
From North America 454 olim came, as compared to 439 last year, an increase of 3%.
From Great Britain 133 olim arrived, a decrease of 17% over this period last year.
41 olim arrived from South Africa, as compared to 39 last year, a increase of 5%.
30 olim arrived from Belgium, as compared to 34 last year, a decrease of 11%.
70 olim arrived from Oceana, as compared to 48 last year, an increase of 46%.
Europe and Middle East
A total of 447 olim arrived from this geographic domain during January – March 2010, as compared to 425 last
year, an increase of 5% over the same period last year.
During this period, 303 olim arrived from France, as opposed to 299 last year. This is an increase of 1%.
22 olim arrived from Turkey, as opposed to 29 during the same period last year, a decrease of 24%.
5 olim arrived from Yemen, as compared to 10 during the same period last year.
Latin America
309 olim arrived from this geographic domain during January – March 2010, as compared to 294 last year, an
increase of 5%.
92 olim came from Argentina, as compared to 59 last year, an increase of 44%
67 olim arrived from Brazil, a decrease of 17% as compared to this period last year.
Ethiopia
During January- March 2010, 974 olim arrived from Ethiopia. During this period last year only 5 olim arrived.
During 2009 a total of only 240 olim arrived due the decision of the Israeli government to halt the aliyah from
Ethiopia.
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GEOGRAPHIC DOMAIN Country 2010
2009 2009 2010
Russia, Belarus and Baltic 3,741 611 795 257
Ukraine and Moldova 1,839 226 376 144
Southern Caucasus 600 121 95 14
Central Asia 621 117 110 37
Rest of FSU 17 4 5 4
Total FSU 6,818 1,079 1,381 456
Germany 115 22 23 13
FSU
Bulgaria 17 8 2 2
Hungary 100 11 17 4
Poland 19 7 1
Romania 37 6 11 1
Rest of Eastern Europe 25 5 12 5
Total Eastern Europe 198 37 43 12
Total 7,131 1,138 1,447 481
North America 3,767 439 454 171
USA 3,324 387 413 163
Canada 443 52 41 8
Britain 853 160 133 77
NORTH AMERICA AND South Africa 335 39 41 25
ENGLISH SPEAKING Oceania 175 48 70 29
COUNTRIES Holland 60 19 6 2
Scandinavia 55 7 6 3
India 30 5 19 13
Others 25 5 7 1
Total 5,300 722 736 321
France 1,894 299 303 106
Belgium 152 34 30 16
Italy 89 7 19 5
Spain 41 4 2
EUROPE AND
Switzerland 94 14 24 10
MIDDLE EAST
Middle East 133 30 36 8
Turkey 153 29 22 8
Rest of Europe and Middle East 45 8 11 1
Total 2,601 425 447 154
Mexico 140 25 28 4
Uruguay 100 27 16 2
Argentina 313 59 92 24
Brazil 259 81 67 15
Venezuela 38 4 22 1
LATIN AMERICA
Peru 105 35 42 0
Chile 81 31 11 0
Columbia 57 7 9 0
Rest of Latin America 94 25 22 19
Total 1,187 294 309 56
Other Countries 10 10 1
TOTAL – NOT
INCLUDING ETHIOPIA 16,229 2,589 2,940 1,012
ETHIOPIA Ethiopia 240 5 974 378
TOTAL 16,469 2,594 3,914 1,390
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