A group of 276 Jewish refugees from Europe are expected to land here tomorrow on the Portuguese liner Serpa pinto, and will proceed from here in sealed trains to Canada. This will be the largest refugee group to be admitted to Canada since the outbreak of the war. Canadian immigration officials will examine their papers on the train on route to Montreal and Toronto from where they will be dispersed to various Canadian centers.
Included in the group are seamen, farmers, tailors, rabbis, photographers, teachers, diamond cutters, paper experts and merchants. The group is about equally divided between professional men, skilled workers and businessmen. Included are Jews from Poland, Austria, Germany, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and Holland. Representatives of the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies in Canada and of Canadian immigration groups have come to Philadelphia to facilitate the landing of refugees and their transportation to Canada.
Approval of their entry came after the Canadian Jewish Congress made representations to Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada. Last November the Canadian Government indicated that it would give asylum for the duration to a number of refugees in Spain and Portugal, and a Canadian immigration official proceeded to Lisbon to examine applicants. The Joint Distribution Committee paid the transportation costs of the group and the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies gave guarantees to the federal government that the refugees would not become a public charge. The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society is associated with this guarantee and is collaborating with the U.J.R. and W.R.A. in making arrangements for receiving, sheltering and placing the arrivals in Canada.
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