Eight out of every twelve refugee Jews in Finland who have applied for Finnish citizenship have been naturalized, it was stated by Minister of the Interior Ehrnrooth, speaking in Parliament during a discussion of the position of the Jews in the country.
Ehrnrooth added that the attitude of the Finnish Government is that the principles of international law ought to apply to Jews as well as to other refugees, but since Finland is at war, there are some “hostile elements” among the refugees who, the government feels, must be kept under control. The authorities, however, do not think that these suspected Jewish refugees “should be treated more severely than the security of the country and other relevant circumstances require,” Ehrnrooth said.
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