Emigrating Ethiopian Falash Mura land in Israel

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TEL AVIV — A group of 175 Ethiopians who claim Jewish heritage landed in Israel on Monday, seeking to become citizens of the Jewish state, a government agency in charge of helping new immigrants said.

A second group of 175 of the Ethiopians, known as Falash Mura, are expected to arrive on Tuesday, Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelowitz said.

The new immigrants will be sent to the 21 Jewish Agency "absorption centres" in Israel that specialise in dealing with Ethiopian immigrants.

Israel began bringing Ethiopia's Jewish community to Israel in 1984 under the Law of Return, which guarantees citizenship to all Jews. That operation was largely completed by 1991.

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