Forty-seven Jewish refugees who sailed from Italy for Brazil last week landed here today because the Brazilian immigration authorities refused to admit them. Their visas expired four days before the ship on which they were travelling put into port and the Brazilian officials barred them from landing.
Action has been instituted here to revalidate their visas and prevent their return to Italy where they had assembled from various points in Europe. Efforts are also being made here in behalf of a number of immigrants arriving with “first class” visas but who travelled in second and third class quarters, a violation of the terms of the first class visa. The first class visa category has been abolished but the refugees received their entry permits before the classification was abandoned.
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