Against the background of a lawsuit by Yemeni immigrant families, a proposal to transfer NIS 150,000 to NIS 200,000 for each child to each family affected by the infant disappearance after the establishment of the state will be approved, News 12 reports. In a decision to be approved
A demonstration in Jerusalem around the Yemeni children affair, 2019
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Oren Ben Hakon
70 years after the disappearance of children from immigrant families from Yemen, the government is expected to approve tomorrow (Monday) the transfer of compensation to their relatives who were harmed by the affair.
According to a publication in News 12, the decision-making proposal to be submitted for approval stated: "The Israeli government expresses sorrow over the events that took place in the early days of the state and acknowledges the suffering of the families whose children were part of this painful affair."
According to the report, the compensation amounts will be given for each missing child.
According to the arrangement, which was formulated against the background of a lawsuit filed by the families of Yemeni immigrants, the relatives of children who died and did not receive information regarding the circumstances of the death will receive NIS 150,000 on a one-time basis.
Families who know nothing about the fate of their children will receive NIS 200,000.
The exciting affair concerns the disappearance of children of immigrants who came from Yemen in the 1950s and were hospitalized in hospitals or immigrant camps.
In those years, the parents were informed that the toddlers had died, but since then it has been speculated that this was an abduction intended to transfer children for adoption.