Jewish refugee-aid organizations here today stated the conditions on which refugees would be admitted to the “revolving camp” to be established at Richborough, England, with permission of the British Government. The camp will cost an estimated $50,000 to establish and $500,000 annually to maintain. It will house 5,000 Jews to be rescued from the Reich in addition to transmigrants whom Britain admits pending receipt of visas for the United States.
In consenting to establishment of the camp, the British Home Office stipulated that (1) it must be maintained by the British Council for German Jewry, (2) those to be admitted must have reasonable prospects of migrating and affording vacancies for other refugees, (3) those admitted must not become public burdens and must, as far as possible, migrate within a year. The camp will have nothing to do with those admitted to England on guarantees by individuals to await American visas.
The number of applicants for admission to the camp already exceeds 30,000. The British Home Office has engaged a special staff to deal with the applications.
Meanwhile, Jewish organizations disclosed that more than 244,000 Jews emigrated from Germany up to Jan.1, 1939.
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