Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 288

and assist the Jewish passengers, whether immigrants or tourists,, in matters concerning their landing. These officers are present during passport control as representatives of the Jewish Agency, who are the representatives of the immigrants viv-a-vis the Government officials. Others help with the disembarkation boats, baggage, etc. The Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency pays direct to the Government the taxes and fees (registration,, inoculation, etc.) for all Jewish immigrants landing at the ports. Table 11. Immigration through Palestine Ports.* Immigrants. Tourists. Year. 1933 1934 1935 (Jan.-June) Jaffa. 14,465 16,814 7,884 Haifa. 12,824 19,805 19,286 Jaffa. 7,928 6,314 3,943 H aifa. 8,990 6,958 9,391 39,163 51,915 .. 18,185 25,539 Those immigrants with Jewish Agency certificates who have no relatives and who require assistance are given accommodation in the Agency's immigrants' hostels in Tel-Aviv and Haifa until they take up work. About one-third of all immigrants require the aid of the Immigration Department (board, lodging, registration with the Kupat Holim—the Sick Fund) during their first days in Palestine. Table 12. Admission to Immigrants' Hostels. Jan.-Apr. 1933. 1934. 1935. Total. Tel-Aviv 5,105 5,206 1,888 12,199 Haifa 4,505 6,041 5,317 15,863 9,610 11,247 7,205 28,062 The length of the immigrant's stay at the hostel depends on the opportunity of employment and the figures provide a clear index of the state of. the labour market in the country. Thus, the average stay of an immigrant in 1931 was 12.5 days, in 1932 5.5,. in 1933, 4.8, in 1934, 3.8 days. The hostels had previously been arranged, with regard to both lodging and feeding, for the reception of Chalutzim. The increasing immigration of families (from Germany, the Yemen,, etc.) now made it necessary to provide for families and children.. (In Tel-Aviv alone 814 children passed through the hostel in 1933' and 1,491 in 1934.) The services of doctors and nurses, separate * From figures of the Immigration Officers of the Jewish Agency. 288