Communicated by Absorption
Ministry Spokesman
Jerusalem, 24 May 1999
Absorption Minister Edelstein
to Greet New Group of Kosovo Refugees
Immigrant Absorption Minister Yuli Edelstein will on Wednesday, 26.5.99, at 17:00, greet a second group of 100 Kosovo refugees, upon their arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport.
The new arrivals will receive the same assistance as did the first group and they will be housed at Kibbutz Keramim in the south. The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption will provide members of the group with pocket money and transportation to the kibbutz.
In accordance with a decision by the Ministerial Committee on Kosovo Refugees, headed by Minister Edelstein, the government will cover the expenses of assistance incurred by the Jewish Agency, which is responsible for providing aid and covering costs for new immigrants during their first six months in the country.