The last 1,000 of over 2,500 visaless immigrants who ## intercepted Sunday aboard the blockade runner Theodor Herzl were deported to ##rus this morning.
Menachem Samet, 28, who was wounded aboard the ship when a British naval ##ty battled its way over the side, died in the government hospital today. This ##ught the death toll to three during the boarding operation. About 60 of the ##grants whose physical condition was judged to be too poor for further travel ## sent to the Athlit clearance camp rather than to Cyprus.The government announced that 6,000 Jewish immigrants entered the country between Dec. 15 and April 14. In addition, there are some 12,000 interned on Cyprus.
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