Relatively few Jews are coming to the United States under the Refugee Relief Act, it was revealed today in the semi-annual report to Congress on the refugee program. Of a total of 45, 882 verified assurances by voluntary agencies sponsoring immigrants under the Act, only 1,378 are listed for the United Hias Service.
The report also reveals that of 2,000 visas available to Arab refugees, only 253 have been granted. However, the report said that 1,072 cases of Palestinian Arabs are now under “active consideration” and added that recently organizations especially interested in Arab refugees made progress in finding American citizens as sponsors for the admission of Palestine Arab refugees to the United States. “New assurances are currently being received at a rate of 100 a month,” the report stated, expressing the belief that almost all of the visas authorized for Palestine Arabs will be issued.”
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