The emigration of Jews from Greece, particularly from Salonica and Cavalla, continues without a halt. The majority of the emigrants go to Palestine. The unemployment is responsible for the emigration.
Lacking a sufficient number of certificates for Palestine, many of the unemployed have been forced to seek their means of livelihood elsewhere. The slackness in the tobacco trade has seriously affected the Jews of Cavalla, who comprise 300 men and 500 women out of a total of 8,000 men and 5,000 women. A hundred Jewish workers have left the country in the course of the last few months. They have nearly all gone as peddlers, 60 to Spain and 40 to Portugal, chiefly to Barcelona and Oporto. About 30 unemployed Jews of Salonica have followed their example, and satisfactory reports are being received from them.
No less than 200 other Jews from Salonica and Cavalla are preparing to leave in the Spring for Spain and Portugal. Facilities are being accorded by the Government fund to help tobacco workers to liquidate the interests of workers wishing to settle in Palestine or elsewhere.
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