The head of the Jewish Agency’s immigration department has urged better coordination between his agency and the government’s Immigrant Absorption Ministry to facilitate the integration of 40-50,000 new immigrants who arrived or are expected this year and a like number anticipated for 1971. Gen. Uri Narkis said improved cooperation was necessary to avoid bottlenecks that may develop in receiving and absorbing the newcomers. He said 8000 of this year’s immigrants are from the United States and 10,000 are expected next year. Gen. Narkis said that 120.000 immigrants have arrived in Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.
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