In 2018, more than 4,000 Russian tourists were deported from Israel to their home countries immediately upon arrival, according to Amnon Shmueli, head of the Population and Migration Department at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.
As reported by Last year, out of 326,000 Russian tourists, 4,300 were deported back to their homeland immediately upon arrival at the airport, according to NEWSru.co.il, while another 539 people who crossed the country's border were sent home later.
In addition, 2,700 Russian citizens requested political asylum, and another 904 requested permission to remain in Israel on the grounds that they had married Israelis.
As a reminder, Globes previously reported that Israeli immigration officials denied entry to 19,000 foreign tourists last year. This figure was 10 times higher than in 2011.
Source: trn-news.ru