The United Nations conference of plenipotentiaries, meeting here to adopt a convention on the protection of refugees, yesterday agreed unanimously that a “refugee” is considered one who is unable or unwilling “for reasons other than personal convenience” to accept the protection of his own country, and who is outside of his own country and afraid to return to his native land. The definition, as accepted, is full of qualifications and exceptions.
The International Refugee Organization today issued a report here establishing that in the past four years the State of Israel has accepted 122,770 displaced persons who were under the jurisdiction of the I.R.O. The resettlement report was based on statistics covering the period from July, 1947, through June, 1951.
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