Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 285

Table 10. Distribution of Certificates according to Countries. October, 1933, April, 1934, October, 1934, April, 193S, to to to to Total. March, 1934. Sept.', 1934. March, 1935. Sept.', 193S. Poland 1,640 1,995 2,072 2,975 9,682 Germany*... 1,741 2,093 1,361 1,350 6,545 Rumania ... 355 309 395 500 1,559 Lithuania ... 197 183 246 305 931 Latvia 114 130 166 170 580 Czechoslovakia 77 138 173 170 558 Austria 113 148 192 135 588 Greece 237 231 152 250 870 Aden 195 189 380 200 964 U.S.A. •... 35 33 50 45 163 Russiaf •-. 80 85 118 100 383 Various Countries 364 523 45 785 2,287 Individual cases in various countries 40 205 280 615 1,140 5,188 6,262 7,200 7,600 26,250 Reserve retained by Government 312 538 300 400 1,550 5,500 6,800 7,500 8,000 27,800 * The certificates for German refugees, which constitute one-third of all the certificates approved for Germany in every schedule, are included in this number. t A further number of certificates were sent to Russian refugees in Persia, Afghanistan, etc. New problems have recently arisen which the Immigration Department has had to consider. (a) Refugees. Persecution in Germany uprooted thousands of Jews from their homes and caused them to flee to neighbouringcountries—France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Holland, etc. Immigration certificates for the refugees were approved by the Palestine Offices in consultation with the London Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine, and the Palestine Office in Berlin, which supplied the information as to the suitability of the intending immigrants. The authorities in the countries harbouring the refugees gave their assistance by allowing the latter to remain in those countries until they had obtained certificates. But here we could unf ortunately grant but part of the applications which reached us, for many were unsuited for immigration either on account of age or lack of such physical or technical training as. would enable them to obtain a livelihood in Palestine.