Refugee women have been exploited by human trafficking networks since the war in Ukraine, and these claims in the media have raised concerns in Israel.
According to Arab News, security information and emergency phone numbers are expected to be distributed among Ukrainian refugee women landing at Israeli airports as part of a response to such threats.
Hundreds of Ukrainian women fleeing a war-torn European country have begun seeking refuge in Israel, where such a moral dilemma has arisen.
According to Israeli media reports, at the same time, there are fears that some of the women from Ukraine are being lured into prostitution.
Reports detail how Israeli human trafficking and criminal networks lure Ukrainian refugees into prostitution upon arrival in Israel.
Israeli immigration officials are using the alarming situation as an excuse to deny entry to dozens of refugees over the past two weeks.
According to a report broadcast on Israeli TV Channel 12 on Thursday, the Israeli Ministry of Social Welfare and the Anti-Trafficking Unit in the Ministry of Justice have received information about attempts to lure Ukrainian refugee women into prostitution in Israel.
The report says that efforts to lure Ukrainian refugee women to the haze did not begin until they arrived in Israel, but that about 100 Ukrainian women, during interrogation at Ben Gurion Airport, told of a man who had told them about Ukraine. He offered to help her escape from the war zone, cross the border and board a plane bound for Israel.
The refugee women from Ukraine added that when they arrived in Israel, the same person told them that they would have to provide sexual or domestic services in order to get their money back.
The Israeli Population and Immigration Authority has received details about the man and suspects a network was trying to lure refugee women into prostitution.
Meanwhile, the director general of Israel's Population and Immigration Authority, justifying the refusal of some Ukrainian refugee women to enter Israel, has claimed that they are coming for prostitution.
According to the Immigration Authority, 247 Ukrainian refugees have been barred from entering Israel since the start of the war in Ukraine three weeks ago, out of an estimated 10,000 refugees.
Meanwhile, Israeli sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Arab News that human trafficking was taking place. He added that the issue is not only in Israel but also in Europe.
