The financial pinch is aggravated by a sharply rising external debt and growing deficit in foreign exchange reserves. For more than a decade. Israel has had the highest per capita foreign currency debt in the world. and this adverse situation has greatly worsened because of the recent war. In these economic circumstances. the absorption of over 30.000 new Soviet Jewish refugees per year has imposed an extreme financial burden on Israel. The government of Israel has estimated a total annual cost of $252 million for purposes of resettling 35.000 new immigrants from the Soviet Union. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that a breakdown of this cost estimate be printed in the RECORD at this point.
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