The Government has raised the immigrant’s deposit requirement from $50 to $250, effective May 31, according to an announcement by the immigration authorities.
Statistics gathered by the local representative of the HIAS-ICA Emigration Association show that 272 Jews entered Ecuador in the first three months of 1937, 237 of them from Europe and the rest from South American countries. Of those, 32 returned to Europe and 17 to South American countries.
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