Posted on 04/19/2004 3:37:11 PM PDT by yonif
A total of 965,000 new immigrants have come to Israel since 1989, according to a report by the Absorption Ministry released on Monday.
The southern port city of Ashdod absorbed the largest number of immigrants in the last 15 years. Some 71,831 immigrants have settled in the city, comprising 34.6 percent of the Ashdod population.
Haifa is in second place with the second largest immigrant population. The northern port city's 69,998 immigrants make up 23.3 percent of its total population.
Jerusalem, in third place, has absorbed 60,080 immigrants since 1989, who now comprise 7.9 percent of the capital's population.
The central Israeli city of Kiryat Ono absorbed the smallest number of immigrants - just 1,879 since 1989.
The settlement of Bnei Ish has the highest proportion of new immigrants. Its 4,255 immigrants comprise no less than 57.4 percent of the town's population
Some 44.8 percent of Upper Nazareth's population are immigrants. In Bnei Brak, 8,154 immigrants make up just 5.6 percent of the city's population.
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