But in the last 18 months, she said, Soviet immigrants have begun arriving again.

The residents of these growing campsites are not Soviet immigrants.

Soviet immigrants generally tend to settle in areas where friends or family members already live.

The budget was based on the arrival of an estimated 300,000 Soviet immigrants during 1991.

But others think the Soviet immigrants and the need to raise foreign capital could create that basis.

And the Soviet immigrants could turn this edge into a compelling advantage.

Israel now wants large-scale new private contributions to help house Soviet immigrants.

The agency said it is "based on expectations of 170,000 Soviet immigrants" during 1991.

Soviet immigrants, for the purpose of the report, were considered white.

The number of Soviet immigrants was 15,294, more than in all of 1989.