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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/NBN-disputes-Jewish-Agencys-aliya-numbers-336504
19,200 Jews Immigrated to Israel in 2013
(Jerusalem Post) Sam Sokol - 19,200 Jews immigrated to Israel in 2013, a rise of 260 from the previous year, according to figures released by the Jewish Agency and the Immigrant Absorption Ministry on Sunday. There were 7,520 immigrants from the former Soviet Union, 3,000 immigrants from North America, and 1,240 from Latin America. 3,120 French Jews moved to Israel in 2013, up from 1,916 in 2012. There were 510 from the UK, 265 from New Zealand and Australia, 160 from Hungary, and 74 from Turkey.