An appeal to the United States and Canada, which have indicated their willingness to receive refugee Jewish children, to admit the parents of these children also, so as to avoid breaking up families, was voiced here today by Neil Malcolm, former League of Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees, writing in the Manchester Guardian.
Discussing the problem of aiding the Jewish refugees from Axis-held countries, Mr. Malcolm urged that the Allied governments concentrate on rescuing the 5,000 Jewish refugees who are now in Spain and on “opening the gates to the few who are able to reach Palestine.” After an Allied victory, Mr. Malcolm writes, Jews should not have difficulty in finding room “somewhere in the world.”
The suggestion that Jews be allowed to settle in Libya is discussed today by H. N. Brailsford, one of the editors of the liberal weekly “New Statesman and Nation,” writing in that publications. “The Jews would certainly succeed if they brought to Libya the talent they have brought to Palestine,” Brailsford states. He doubts, however, if “another conflict between Jews and Arabs is desired or whether another country besides Palestine will have the same romantic appeal for the Jews.”
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