Just over 180 Ethiopian immigrants landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday afternoon, some after waiting decades to arrive in Israel and reunite with family members. Jewish Agency officials say they are all slated to arrive by November. AdvertisementAround 30 Jewish Agency employees – most of whom are themselves former Ethiopian immigrants to Israel – had been in Ethiopia for several weeks preparing the families for their impending move. But with 3,000 new immigrants slated to arrive in Israel in the coming months, the real work is yet to come, say Jewish Agency officials. “In my eyes, the immigration is the easy part,” said Avtamo Yosef, who heads up the Jewish Agency’s department of Ethiopian immigration.

Source: Ethiopian News June 01, 2022 17:17 UTC