As a result of the temporary restrictions imposed by the Australian administration on the issue of permits, there has been an appreciable falling off in the number of Jews entering the Commonwealth. During October and November the total number of immigrants who came to Australia was thirty-three. Of these, nine disembarked at Perth, twelve at Melbourne, ten at Sydney and two proceeded to New Zealand.
The lull in the immigration stream has resulted in the practical absorption of the large number of Jewish unemployed who have concentrated in both Melbourne and Sydney as a result of the sudden influx of the last two years. Numbers of the new arrivals continue to arrive without passports of any kind. Until recently the needs of the situation were met by Jewish residents here accepting responsibility for these immigrants. Lately the authorities have tightened the regulations, and this week a Jewish immigrant who had arrived without his papers was refused permission to land and the shipping company was forced to return him to Port Said where he had embarked.
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