A vessel with 13 displaced Jews who had been refused permission to land in Brazil, despite the fact that they held entrance visas for that country, docked here yesterday.
Representatives of the local Jewish immigrant aid organization boarded the vessel to assure the DP’s that the Joint Distribution Committee, HIAS and the local group were intervening with the Brazilian Government to obtain permission for the immigrants to land in Brazil when the vessel touches there on its return trip to Europe.
The refusal of the Brazilian authorities to permit the entrance of the 13 is due to the fact that they failed to comply with a new month-old regulation which provides that immigrants who do not have a regular passport must first obtain a special permit from the Brazilian Ministry of the Interior. The 13 include nationals of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania.
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