According to the Jewish Agency for Israel, 9,124 immigrants from the former Soviet republics arrived in Israel in 2005. The number accounted for 40 percent of all immigrants to Israel this year.

Aliyah from Ukraine was down 24 percent in 2005, while immigration from Moldova was down 8 percent and immigration from the Caucasus and Central Asian countries was down 13 percent. At the same time, the number of immigrants from Belarus rose by 26 percent and from the Baltic states by 13 percent.

Immigration from Russia also increased slightly.

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