Jewish Agency says they're 'ready to receive' Ethiopian immigrants but haven't received names of candidates from government. Thousands of Ethiopians with family members in Israel have again had attempts to join them delayed, this time by a paperwork logjam, Israeli officials said on Sunday. Since then, only 64 have entered the country, prompting MK Elie Elalouf (Kulanu) to say last week that Israel had "abandoned the Jewish community of Ethiopia despite the promises." The country's Ethiopian community numbers around 135,000 people, of whom more than 50,000 were born in Israel. The bulk of Ethiopia's Jewish community was brought to the country between 1984 and 1991 under the Law of Return guaranteeing Israeli citizenship to all Jews.

Source: Ethiopian News March 27, 2017 04:18 UTC