The Israel Army today took over 24 immigrant work camps with a population of 12,000 persons. The Army will be responsible for these camps during the winter months and will provide sanitation and other services, while the Ministry of Education will maintain schools in the camps. About 2,000 children will be evacuated from the camps for the winter months. The evacuation will start on December 1.
The Jewish Agency has begun feverish preparations to remove to Israel all Jews in Libya who wish to leave before that country is proclaimed an independent state on January 1, 1952. Of the 5,000 Jews still in Libya, some 800 are planning to remain while an additional 2,000 are aged, crippled and ill and are unable to emigrate. The remainder will be brought to Israel by plane. According to reports here, Libya will ban all emigration from the moment it proclaims its independence.
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