A promise to admit into Equador 17 Jewish refugees stranded at Balboa and barred from entering Panama was given by Minister of Interior A. Aguilar Vazquez to a Jewish delegation heeded by Benito Edelstein, secretary of the HIAS-ICA Emigration Association. He said that although the present immigration laws did not provide for the admission of refugee immigrants without funds, he would nevertheless investigate the case and would be ready to admit the detained refugees on special visas as temporary visitors.
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