Headquarters of the Youth Aliyah movement, which sponsors immigration of children to Palestine, announced today that while the plan for sending 5,000 to 10,000 refugee children to private homes in the Holy Land had not yet materialized there was every hope that the British Government would grant the necessary permission.
An arrangement has been made with the Jewish National Council of Palestine under which Youth Aliyah centers in various countries will act as agencies for the registration, selection and transfer of these younger children under 15 in addition to those of the regular Youth Aliyah ages — 15 to 18.
The Youth Aliyah also announced that 1,504 boys and girls reached Palestine between October, 1938 and April, 1939, and that a total of 4,500 landed there in the past five years. Among the latest arrivals were 668 from Germany, 500 from Austria and 237 from former Czechoslovakia, the remainder coming from Poland, Holland, Italy, Sweden Yugoslavia, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark and France.
The first Youth Aliyah settlement in Palestine was started last February, after the first 1,500 children had completed their training with 75 per cent of them choosing agriculture as their life work.
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