The Rashid refugee camp for Jews, which is located same 15 miles from the city of Aden in the British protectorate of the same one, is being liquidated despite the fact that there are still some 700 Jews whom the British will not permit to go to Israel, it was .learned here today.
In October of last year the camp held some 4,000 Yemenite Jews who were waiting to go to Israel, including 700 who had fled to the camp after a severe pogrom in she city of Aden. The Joint Distribution Committee and the Aden Government agreed to ?ran sport the refugees, except for men of military age, to Israel. Since last year some 2,800 persons, including over 550 orphans, have been flown to the Jewish state.
The J.D.C. is arranging air passage for the remaining 700 men and women who ?e not of military age, but nothing can be done for the others. In addition, the ?.D.C. is paying the fare to Israel for about 1,000 Jews, not now in the camp, whom the British have threatened with deportation to Yemen.
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