The Third Congress of Far-Eastern Jewish Communities has decided to seek permission for European refugees in Shanghai who have relatives in Manchukuo to join them, and also for holders of special permit to enter Manchukuo from Soviet Russia, which hitherto has been strictly forbidden.
Shanghai delegates reported on the critical condition of the 17,000 refugees in Shanghai, 80 percent of whom, they said, were unable to earn a livelihood and were “caught as in a mouse-trap” because of the prohibition on their proceeding to the Chinese provinces and Manchukuo. Their position has been rendered still more difficulty by the inability of the local Jewish community to continue relief work on the previous scale.
The Shanghai delegates therefore urged the national council elected by the congress to begin negotiations with the Japanese and Manchukuoan authorities to secure immigration permits for specialists and transit visas for refugees intending to join their relatives and friends.
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