Updates about the Ukrainian crisis / Оновлення для українців

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, in cooperation with the Center for Local Government and the Jewish Agency, is launching a campaign to collect donations for Ukrainian refugees.

The refugees, largely concentrated in neighboring countries are facing a multitude of challenges including physical and mental hardships, deprivation, stress, harsh weather conditions, war, and more.

The campaign aims to help this population by collecting vital donations and getting them to Ukrainian refugees as soon as possible.

The municipality will be accepting the following humanitarian materials for donation:

• Winter Supplies – sleeping bags, blankets, coats, gloves, hats, and scarves (*new condition only*)
• Personal Hygiene Supplies -soap, shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, underwear, socks, diapers (*new and used condition

Please donate materials in the condition that you would like to receive them in. No stains, faulty zippers, lack of buttons, etc.

For more information about drop off spots please click here.

All of the latest information about the Ukraine conflict from the Population Immigration and Borders Authority is available on their website in Hebrew and Ukrainian.

On February 27, the Population Immigration and Borders Authority made the following announcement:

The Population Immigration and Borders Authority is honored to inform the Ukrainian citizens currently residing in Israel that due to the conflict in Ukraine and concern over their safety and security, there will be no enforcement or expulsion measures against Ukrainian citizens residing in Israel illegally until the current situation in their country is clarified.

Accordingly, we would like to emphasize that there is no need to submit an individual asylum application because of the current conflict, and this policy will also apply to those who have not applied for asylum.

Управління реєстрації населення та імміграції має честь повідомити громадян України, які перебувають в Ізраїлі, що по причині воєнних дій в Україні та у світлі турботи про їх здоров’я та небезпеку, правоохоронні дії та дії по депортації проти громадян в України, які перебувають в Ізраїлі нелегально, здійснюватися не будуть до прояснення стану в їх країні.

Тому підкреслюємо, що на даний час немає необхідності звертатися с особистою заявою на притулок внаслідок воєнних дій в Україні.

Вказана політика буде розповсюджуватися також на осіб, які не подавали заяву на політичний притулок.

The announcement in Hebrew is available here.

Globally, UNHCR remains dedicated to assisting the 1.4 million refugees who have crossed into neighboring countries. Updated statistics for the numbers of refugees from Ukraine are available from UNHCR’s Data Portal on the Ukraine Refugee Situation.

Refugees can access information from the UNHCR sites in the countries where they are currently located.

On Thursday, February 24, a Statement on the situation in Ukraine attributed to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was published.