A total of 2,200 Jewish immigrants arrived here today from Rumania, Tripolitania and other countries. Twelve hundred arrived from Rumania aboard the S.S. Transylvania, while an additional 400 immigrants came from Tripolitia aboard the S.S. Komemiut. Six hundred Jewish immigrants from several North African and European countries arrived aboard the Israel transport S.S Negba.
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