The hope that governments will not expel refugees who were admitted to their countries was expressed today by the Intergovernmental Commission for refugees established by the League of Nations.
The question of German Jewish refugees came up before the commission in connection with the recent mass arrests of Jews who reentered Germany. The commission has established that “the general situation has become worse since 1934.”
The commission noted with regret that in some countries refugess are subject to legal penalties for not leaving the country, although it has been physically impossible for them to enter any other country.
In order to make things a little easier for these victims of the Nazi regime, the commission adopted a number of recommendations aimed to prevent the expulsion of refugees from the countries of their exile. One of the recommendations provides for the setting up of an authority within each country concerned to consider cases of expulsion to which refugees could submit their cases.
The commission voiced its pleasure at the statements of the French, Czechoslovakian and Italian representatives that their governments will ratify the Geneva agreement of October, 1933, concerning the international status of refugees. Special satisfaction was expressed at the statement by the representative of France that his government will give sympathetic consideration to the refugees.
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