More than 400 prospective immigrants are currently registered with the United Hias Service for ultimate resettlement in Argentina, it was reported here today by Marek Schindelmann, director of the United Hias Service for Argentina. Most of them are natives of Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries, he declared.
Mr. Schindelmann, who arrived here for a series of meetings at the United Hias headquarters, said that more than 1,300 Jewish persons have been helped by the United Hias Service to migrate to Argentina during the seven years he has been director of the agency’s operations in that country. “The breadwinners have adjusted quickly and well,” he reported, “and a number of them are making significant contributions to the economic welfare of the general population. They have established themselves in retail businesses and in various manufacturing enterprises.”
In recent years the emphasis has been on resettling Jewish newcomers in Cordoba, Mendoza, Rosario and other areas, rather than in Buenos Aires. This policy was adopted in compliance with the wishes of Argentine government authorities that newcomers should not be concentrated solely in the capital city, he said.
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