Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 290

It will be seen that there is an increase in the number of immigrants passing through the hostels who found work without the help of any institution or organisation. This is due to labour conditions in the country, which make it possible for many immigrants to find work easily without having to resort to the help of any institution. This points to increase in that element which does not look to public organisations in the matter of finding employment. Another factor which induces immigrants to avoid this 'assistance is their desire to remain in the cities, whereas the Organisations and Federations do their utmost to persuade them to go into the villages. It is worthy of note that the figures include not only Halutzim passing through our immigration hostels but also immigrants who did not come on our certificates. This is clearly shown by the figures of the Immigration Centre of the Labour Federation (we have no detailed figures with regard to other organisations) which registers most labour immigrants. Table 15. Labour Immigrants in 1934. With Labr. Certificates. Other Immigrants. Total. Halutzim. Others. Total. Halutz. Others. Total. Halutzim. Others. Total. Towns ... 1,473 3,610 5,083 125 1,451 1,576 1,598 5,061 6,659 Colonies ... 2,297 595 2,892 155 694 849 2,452 1,289 3,741 Group Farms 993 256 1,249 134 348 482 1,127 604 1,731 Totals.... 4,763 4,461 9,224 414 2,493 2,907 5,177 6,954 12,131 The Jewish Agency has given much thought to the problem of how to prevent the concentration of workers in the towns, and in consultation with the Departments of Immigration and Labour and various public organisations has explored ways of diverting immigrant workers as far as possible to the village. V. Immigration and Training in the Galuth. The Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency which, by means of its Palestine Offices abroad, exercises a central control over the immigration movement which selects and registers immigrants, has investigated this movement in Europe and finds that about 100,000 Jews are preparing to immigrate in the near future. The figures include those prospective immigrants who have already applied for certificates, registered in groups, etc., but they do not take account of those with the general desire to come to Palestine, which animates thousands of Jews everywhere, nor of those who have hitherto held aloof from Zionism. Preparation for immigration takes several forms, of which two represent very widespread movements-—youth in training groups and artisans organised into bodies in readiness to immigrate. A.—The training of Halutzim has grown in volume and now embraces about 35,000 young men and women in training groups, 290