The Israel Government today decided to make every effort to transfer to the Jewish state all Jews from Iraq who register there for emigration by the middle of March.
At a meeting of the joint coordination board on immigration and absorption, formed by the government and the Jewish Agency, it was decided to increase the monthly quota of Iraq Jewish immigrants to 13,500. Thus, it is hoped, it will be possible to move from Iraq all the would-be immigrants before the end of May–the latest deadline which the Iraq Government is reported to have set on Israel-bound emigration.
The decision, which involves the movement of 54,000 Iraqi Jews in the next four months, was taken despite anticipated difficulties in finding housing and employment for the immigrants. A special subcommittee was set up to plan the housing of the Iraqi Jews.
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