Immigration during 1983 rose 24.3 percent over 1982, from 13,260 to 16,478, though newcomers from Eastern Europe dropped by 25.6 percent, from 3,275 in 1982 to only 1,767 Leon Dulzin, Jewish Agency executive chairman and head of the Agency’s immigration department, announced this week.
Largest immigration increases were from Latin America, rising from 1,1925 in 1982 to 2,799 — a 45.4 percent increase; a 28.5 percent increase from the U.S. and Canada, from 2,854 to 3,666; and a 17.2 percent increase from Western Europe from 3,650 to 4,278.
Dulzin pointed out that only 1,320 Soviet Jews obtained exit permits during 1983, of whom 929 (70.4 percent) remained in Europe or went elsewhere than to Israel, with only 403 coming to Israel.
During 1982 a total of 2,683 Soviet Jews obtained exit permits and 72.8 percent (1,927 persons) remained in Europe and 27.2 percent (756 persons) immigrated to Israel, Dulzin said. In 1981 the exit rate was 9,451 with 81.2 percent (7,675 persons) remaining in Europe or going to countries other than Israel.
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