Absorption Minister Shlomo Rosen and Jewish Agency Executive Chairman Pinhas Sapir have formed a committee to study “ways to encourage the return of Israelis living abroad.”
It is believed that there are some 200,000 Israelis who live abroad, some of whom may be convinced to return home. The Ministry and the Jewish Agency, therefore, formed the committee to try and find specific ways to encourage the return of those Israelis. It was assigned a special task of locating the specific employment and housing problems which may face the returning Israeli. It is expected to recommend ways to minimize the bureaucratic process through which a returning citizen must pass.
Some of the leading absorption experts staffing the committee are Knesseter Adi Yaffe, chairman; Uzi Narkis, director general of the Jewish Agency Immigration and Absorption Department; and the directors general of the Ministries of Absorption and Housing. A Jewish Agency communique said the committee was open for suggestions. They should be mailed to Adi Yaffe. P.O.B. 92. Jerusalem.
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