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British Paper Demands Probe of High Mortality Rate Among Mauritius Internees

February 3, 1942
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A total of 63 Jewish refugees deported from Palestine to the African island of Mauritius by the British, as immigrants who had attempted to enter Palestine illegally, have died, it is reported today in the Manchester Guardian. The paper suggests that since the mortality rate is abnormally high inquiries be made as to the reasons for the deaths.

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