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New immigrants arriving in Israel.
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Israel braces for influx of new immigrants this summer
By Jonathan Lis
Tags: Jewish Agency, aliyah 

After years of decline in immigration, Israel is expected this year to absorb 15 percent more new arrivals than last year, thanks in part to 20 flights arriving this summer carrying 5,000 immigrants from North America, France, Great Britain, South Africa and beyond.

Of these, some 3,000 immigrants will arrive on organized flights run jointly by the Jewish Agency and Nefesh B'Nefesh. Around 2,000 are expected from the United States and Canada.

Around 200 immigrants are expected to arrive from both France and Great Britain respectively, 130 from South Africa, and 100 from countries in Latin America. Some 250 Ethiopians recently recognized as Jews by rabbinical authorities will also immigrate.
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All of the immigrants participating in the program will come in on special flights, including, for the first time, a flight designated for immigrants from Brazil. The first such flight will land in Israel on Tuesday.

For years, Nefesh B'Nefesh and the Jewish Agency had competed for control of promoting immigration from North America, until signing an agreement last year stipulating that Nefesh B'Nefesh would be responsible for locating prospective immigrants and escorting them to Israel, while the Jewish Agency would fund their arrival and absorption.

Absorption figures have been in steady decline since 2000. Last year, only 16,500 immigrants arrived in the country, the lowest number since the start of the massive immigration wave from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s.

Eli Cohen, head of the Jewish Agency's department for immigration and absorption, cited the worldwide economic crisis as the primary motivator for the spike in immigration. "Israel is perceived as an island of stability compared with other places," he said
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  2.   Publish the figure 05:05  |  john Spear 05/07/09
  3.   HELL YEAH! 07:05  |  Zach 05/07/09
  4.   The more the better! 08:53  |  Judah 05/07/09
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  6.   kol hakavod- all my respect 10:15  |  danny 05/07/09
  7.   Bring Back Israelis 10:24  |  Chaim 05/07/09
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  14.   US aid 15:50  |  Sam 05/07/09
  15.   Unfortunately-they`ll see the "warm" welcome the sate gives them 17:04  |  Vanessa 05/07/09
  16.   5 yrs and counting 17:09  |  EJE 05/07/09
  17.   imigration to Irael 07:45  |  Harley A Tompkins 07/07/09
  18.   I`ll see you all soon 09:06  |  ZL 07/07/09
  19.   Israeli public "braces" or "welcomes" new immigrants? 17:14  |  Ivory Tower 07/07/09
  20.   WELCOME, behatslaga and mazal tov! 21:57  |  Yochanan 08/07/09
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