Aliyah from Britain has dropped for a third year in succession, according to figures from the Jewish Agency.
The number of UK Jews who left for a new life in Israel in 2018 was 534, slightly down from 550 in 2017 and considerably fewer than the 729 in 2016 and 770 in 2015.
However, last year’s total matches the annual average of around 500 from Britain since 2004.
Aliyah rose worldwide by more than five per cent last year, with more than half of the 30,300 immigrants coming from Russia and Ukraine - although there was a 25 per cent drop on the previous year from France.
