A marked increase in immigration to Israel from North America and Britain is expected to be recorded during 1963, S.Z. Shragai, head of the Jewish Agency immigration department, told the closing session of the Jewish Agency executive plenary here today. He said 2,000 immigrants were expected from North America, and 800 from Britain.
He reported that immigration from Argentina this year would reach a total of 5,300 persons, compared with 1,160 in 1962 and 550 in 1961. Seven hundred immigrants were expected this year from Hungary, and more than 300 from Chile. He said that most of these immigrants were young people and that 27 per cent had expressed a desire to settle in a kibbutz. He also reported that 80 per cent of the Argentine immigrants were native-born Argentineans.
Aaron Zisling, the Agency’s absorption department head, told the plenary that, while immigration was continuing at about the same high rate as that of last year, a relatively larger number of housing units was needed because the current immigration comprised more and smaller families.
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