An additional $1, 000, 000 is urgently needed for youth immigration work, Moshe Kol, head of the Youth Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency in Israel, declared today upon his arrival here to address the convention of Hadassah.
The additional funds are needed, Mr. Kol said, to increase the rate of immigration to Israel of Jewish children from North Africa, especially from French Morocco where an exodus of Jews has followed the recent pogroms; and to speed the movement of youngsters from the transitory camps in Israel. The transitory camp youth, he said, must be moved as fast as possible into the villages and collective settlements “so as to secure their integration into the normal Israeli life. “It is also necessary, he added, to extend and develop newly-established, pre-vocational training centers for the youthful immigrants.
Mr. Kol said he will ask the Hadassah to give top priority to the youth immigration needs and to the raising of the necessary, additional $1,000, 000. After his visit here, he will go to Mexico to attempt to help strengthen the youth immigration work in Central America.
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