A large Jewish emigration from Turkey to South America is reported today from official government sources, as a result of the economic difficulties which the Jewish population here is facing.
Most of the Jews leaving Turkey are Greek citizens living in the Smyrna district. Not being admitted to any other country and having no prospects in Greece, they leave with their families for Buenos Aires, where immigration is open to persons between the ages of 21 and 36.
The immigration regulations in Argentine, where most of the Jewish emigrants are proceeding, provide that any person up to the age of 36 can freely come into the country as long as he produces a document from his native land that he has no criminal record.
Persons over 36 years of age are not admitted to Argentine unless they have affidavits from close relatives to the effect that they will not permit the immigrant to become a public burden. All immigrants admitted can bring their families with them.
The Jews who are migrating from Turkey to Argentine intend to settle on land owned there by the Jewish Colonization Association. The offices of the Jewish Colonization Association in Istamboul are facilitating the emigration of the Jews from the country.
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