The Joint Distribution Committee will aid some 11,000 Jewish refugees now in DP countries and Western Europe to emigrate during 1952, at an estimated cost of $2,100,000, it was reported here today. The largest group, some 6,000, is destined for the United States, with 2,000 scheduled to leave for Australia, 2,000 for Canada,500 for Latin America and more than 500 for Israel.
More than 19,000 men, women and children are currently registered with J.D.C. offices in Europe for emigration, many without any hope of immediate departure. “For the majority of these 19,000 emigration represents the only possible future. Those now in Germany and Austria find it impossible to integrate themselves into the life of countries which were their former enemies, ” the J. D. C. announcement said. “For others, emigration offers the only hope of being reunited with their surviving relatives in the United States and other countries.”
Some of those who are seeking to emigrate to the United States may have to wait many years before they can enter this country as “normal quota” immigrants. Of the 6,000 expected to arrive this year, some 2,000 were processed under sections of the United States DP Act which expired December 31, 1951. Between 55,000 and 56,000 have been aided by the J. D. C. to reach the United States under the terms of the DP Act.
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