Ukraine and Israel to negotiate readmission
Ukraine and Israel are planning to create an ad hoc group, including the embassies' personnel and experts of the migration services to address the readmission issue, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's media liaison department has said.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov met with Interior Minister of Israel Arie Deri to discuss the disproportion concerning entry denials to Ukrainian citizens at airports in the framework of visa-free travel, the ministry said in a press release on Friday.
"We need to seriously think about how to avoid this situation, I know that you had proposals to change the monitoring process at the border crossing, we are ready to discuss it within the framework of the legislation. But on the other hand, we also ask you to treat our citizens with respect, not looking down on them when they travel by plane. This is a very important issue to us," Avakov said, addressing his Israeli counterpart.
In turn, Deri said that the abolition of visas led to a rapid growth of those seeking asylum. The minister also noted that the Government of Israel regards Ukraine as a "safe state," so the petitions of Ukrainian seeking asylum in Israel will be considered much faster.
"We have done a great job at the level of the country's leaders and ministries to resolve this issue," Deri added.
