There are already more than 900 Ukrainians banned from entering Israel, Klimkin is threatening to cancel visa-free travel
Since the beginning of 2019, Israel has not allowed 910 Ukrainians into the country, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This was announced by the assistant to the head of the State Border Service Oleg Slobodyan.
“At the moment, Israel has returned 910 Ukrainian citizens since the beginning of the year. Over the past 22 hours alone, 65 Ukrainians returned,” Slobodyan said. Among Ukrainian citizens who were denied entry, 35% were men and XNUMX% were women.
In turn, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has not allowed 330 Israeli citizens through since the beginning of the year. “All of them could not confirm the purpose of the trip,” explained the representative of the State Border Guard Service.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine did not rule out canceling the visa-free regime with Israel if the rights of Ukrainian tourists and travelers are systematically violated at the border of this country.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers it unacceptable that every Ukrainian tourist at the border is seen as a violator of immigration rules due to the unpreparedness or unwillingness of governments to fight the practice of illegal employment in their states,” emphasized the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zelenko.
More than 900 Ukrainians are already banned from entering Israel, and Klimkin is threatening to cancel the visa-free regime.