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Australia Approves Admission of 2,500 Jews from European Lands

January 23, 1962
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Australian Jewry’s plans for continued immigration were discussed by Sydney D; Einfeld, M. P., president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, in talks with World Jewish Congress leaders here, it was reported today. Mr; Einfeld disclosed that Australia received 1,100 Jewish immigrants last year, raising the community’s total to 65, 000, more than double the 30, 000 in 1946.

The Australian Jewish leader reported that another 2, 500 Jews in Europe had been approved as immigrants by the Australian authorities and were awaiting transportation. In addition, an Australian immigration officer had recently arrived in Egypt to process possible immigrants, some of whom would most certainly be Jews, he said.

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