A minimum of 125,000 Jews from Hungary, Egypt, Eastern Europe and North Africa will have to find new homes this year and American Jewry, which has already undertaken to assist 100,000 Jewish refugees this year, must make a “sizeable upward revision” in planned aid during the months ahead, Charles Jordan director-general of the Joint Distribution Committee, said today.
Mr. Jordan, who is responsible for JDC operations overseas, said that beside the 100,000 whom the Israel Government will accept this year, 25,000 more Jewish refugees will seek have in the United States, Canada, Brazil and other hospitable countries. He also praised the “outstanding humanitarianism” displayed toward refugees by the French, Italian and Greek governments.
More than 2,000 Jewish refugees are being resettled in France and a lesser number in Italy, while Greece has been offering temporary haven for Egyptian exiles heading for Israel. He estimated that 14,500 Jews have left Egypt and 17,000 Jews fled Hungary. Some 12,000 of the Hungarian Jews, he said, have already found refuge in Israel, United States, Canada and other countries.
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