The Canadian Jewish Congress has informed the Canadian Government that it is prepared to sponsor any Hungarian Jewish refugees whom Ottawa will allow to enter this country as immigrants. The CJC also informed the government that it had the permission of the Jewish Immigration Aid Society to offer its shelter and adjustment services for the refugees.
The Congress has been in communication with C.E.S. Smith, director of the Immigration Branch of the Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration, to press for the admission of Hungarian Jews. On the basis of information from the United Hias Service, whose representatives in Austria are in contact with the refugees, the Congress told Mr. Smith that 50 of the Jews have asked for Canadian entry permits and some others are expected to apply. The Congress is also discussing the possibility of obtaining transportation costs for the refugees.
Meanwhile, references to the immigration of Jews from North Africa to Canada on radio newscasts and on a national television program indicate that Canada is prepared to admit 500 French speaking Jewish families from Tunisia and Morocco. Negotiations are in progress between the Canadian Jewish Congress and Canadian authorities for the entry of Jews from North Africa. At the same time, the CJC and United Hias have been discussing arrangements attendant upon the immigration of these Jews.
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