The Ministry of Welfare today asked the government for an additional allotment of 1,000,000 Israeli pounds to help provide the minimal needs of approximately 50,000 newly-arrived immigrants now housed in the government’s transitory camps for new arrivals.
According to the ministry’s figures, the transitory camps cared for 27,515 persons in June who depended entirely on government relief allowances. Approximately 23,000 others had to be given supplementary relief by the government. The additional allocation, according to the ministry, would be expended in the camps for food needs only.
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