A group of 160 Rumanian Jews arrived here today after a trip which started before Rumania entered the war.
The Jewish refugees were aboard a vessel which was wrecked in the Black Sea and reached the Turkish coast in life-boats. They were interned by the Turkish authorities while efforts were made to secure their admittance to Palestine. When the Palestine Government refused them admittance, they were transferred to to Cyprus and held in a camp there for more than two-and-a-half years. The Jewish Agency finally secured Immigration visas for them, enabling them to land here today as legal immigrants.
A report from Istanbul reaching here today said that fifty Jewish children from Bulgaria have arrived there an route to Palestine. A second group of 75 Jewish children is expected to arrive there within the next ten days.
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