More than a thousand Jewish refugees from Egypt, now living in France and Italy, and who have applied for emigration to the United States, cannot at present be fitted into existing United States immigration quotas, James P. Rice, executive director of the United Hias Service, told the JTA today.
To date, he said, about 1,500 refugees from Egypt have been resettled in the United States under sections of the 1957 law permitting entry of aliens who have fled their countries “because of persecution.”
Since the entire quota for such persecutees from all Eastern Europe and certain Middle East states is 14,500, the only hope for the thousand Jewish refugees still seeking entry is that unused quotas from other countries might become available.
Mr. Rice, accompanied by Harold Trobe, United Hias director for Europe and North African operations, arrived here after completing a survey of the migration situation in this country, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. During the trip, they met a party of 40 Jewish emigrants en route from East Europe to North American countries and Australia.
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