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For the year 1946 immigrants have been classified according to the regions of previous residence as follows :-

IMMIGRANTS INCLUDING TRAVELERS REGISTERED AS IMMIGRANTS, CLASSIFIED DY RELIGION , .H.ACE1 AND BY Region OF PREVIOUS RESIDENCE, 1946.

Region

ALL MOSLEMS CHRISTIANS

Non- Jew1::1 -- 1 Non- Others

REGION Arabs Arabs Arabs Arabs

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TOTAL ]IMMIGRANTS 112,2121 997 I 170 I 1,H51 / 390 I 2,693 I 171
REGION o; previous
residence
1. Adjacent Countries in
Asia 1,415 738 5 751 ""I I 129 I 167
2. 01hcr Middle East
Countries in Asia 386 iM 19 ~75 2 .55
3. Other Asiatic Countries 48 1 4 39
4. North Africa 793 ms 118 314 45 118
5. Other African Country 76 47 2 27
6. U .S.S.R. and Poland 2,346 2,B27 JU
7. Balkans 1,511 :I )J 1,464 .. J7
8. Central Europe 1,852 I I 1,H26 1 23
9. U.K. 2,408 1 sas 4 :1,067
10. Other European Countries 1,122 2 I 965 4 150
11. America and Oceania 266 15 18 146 :16 60
1.2. Unspecified Countries 49 5 1 H8
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NOTE: The above figures include 1,097 travellers registered as immigrants, of whom 219 were Jews.
2. In addition, 0,010 Jewish illegal immigrants w unrecorded during 1946.
3. The number or persons registered as immigrants (including travellers registered as immigrants) from 1.4.39 to the end of 1946 totalled 76,081, or whom 62,578 were Jews, 4,791 Arabs and 8,712 Others.

ACQUISITION OF PALESTINIAN CITIZENSHIP.

(p. 208) (§ 51)

The number of applications submitted and naturalization certificates delivered in the years 1945, 1946 and in the previous years since 1925 was as follows :-

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