One hundred thousand immigrants are expected to come to Israel in the next 15 months and a special plan to place 40, 000 of them in agricultural settlements has been prepared. Finance Minister Levi Eshkol announced today.
The plans were reported to a meeting of representatives of farm settlements who were told that the program was based on better use of existing land and equipment. Mr. Eshkol said the program would save millions of dollars.
He said the Israel Government will finance the housing for the 40,000 newcomers. The settlements will provide training and give immigrants full membership after a two year training period.
Problems of absorption and increased immigration in 1957 were discussed at a meeting of the Jewish Agency executive today which also received plans for the construction of 20, 000 housing units for the newcomers during the coming year.
Yehuda Braginsky, head of the absorption department, reported on a plan for establishing 3,000 farm units in work settlements which already exist. He said the Agency was going all-out to match the accelerated pace of immigration with absorption facilities in order not to have to resort to transit camps again.
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