The United Hias Service announced today that Latin American countries may this year accept five times as many Jewish immigrants as they did last year. The announcement said that Abner Bregman, United Hias president, has received reports from the agency’s representative in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile indicating that it can be expected that more than 4,000 Jewish refugees–including some 2,500 refugees from Egypt–would be admitted to Latin America during 1957.
James P. Rice, executive director of United Hias, revealed that during the first four months of 1957 more than 1,300 Jewish immigrants were brought to Latin America and are assisted in their integration by United Hias in cooperation with the local Jewish communities. He said that in connection with the anticipated increase of Jewish immigration in the Latin American countries, the United Hias had decided to send four additional migration and resettlement experts to Rio de Janeiro, the agency’s headquarters for South America. The four social workers include two American, one Israeli, and one Portuguese national.
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