The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, which represents 31 countries, predicted Sunday that 36,000 Jews will emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel in 1973. A report by the ICEM Council meeting here also stated that 36,000 Jews have emigrated from Soviet bloc countries during the past 12 months; 32,000 from the USSR and 4000 from “other countries.” Close to $22 million are required to finance the 1973 budget and plan of operation for the migration agency, it was reported.
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