The recent closing of Jewish Agency offices in Germany does not spell the end of Jewish migration from that country to Israel, Itzhak Raphael, director of the Jewish Agency Immigration Department, declared here today. Mr. Raphael, who attended the Agency executive’s plenary session which closed here last week, returns to Israel tomorrow.
He explained that it was uneconomical to continue the Agency’s emigration headquarters in Munich in view of the small number of immigrants still awaiting departure. The decision to close the offices was announced more than six months ago, Mr. Raphael said.
“This decision does not mean that immigration from Germany has ceased,” Mr. Raphael added. We have made arrangements whereby every Jew in Germany who so desires may come to Israel without delay.” He noted that the last transport of immigrants, consisting of 220 persons, left Germany at the end of September.
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