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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: January 30, 2007 |
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A survey conducted by the Gartner Group in cooperation with "Health Plus for Immigrant Youth," an NGO that deals with the health of immigrant youth, revealed that 33 percent of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in junior high schools, and 44 percent of those in high schools would prefer living somewhere else, especially in the United States or Europe.
Most youth suffer from depression, low self-esteem and other problems typical of young adults; however these problems are worsened for the immigrants as they also suffer from feelings of loneliness and alienation. The survey also reveals that these feelings also thwart the young immigrants' motivation to enlist in the army: 39 percent of immigrants in junior high schools and 30 percent of immigrants in high schools prefer not to serve in the army.
Over half the girls and one fifth of the boys said that they had no Israeli friends. 75 percent said they only go out to Russian hangouts and 43 percent think that Israelis probably prefer them not to be here at all. The difficulties in their absorption in Israel push many of the young adults to smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol.
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