Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer addressed the immigration statistics to Israel released ahead of Rosh Hashanah, according to which more than 20,000 new immigrants arrived, and said at the ynet Global's Global Aliyah Live Summit that "there is significant immigration from France and Britain and from across the West, and I believe this will continue. We prepared for this with the expected numbers and will prepare for the significant increase in immigration. Everyone understands what is happening in Europe, Australia and other countries."