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India Asked to Give Temporary Havens to Jewish Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan

February 5, 1947
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The World Jewish Congress announced today that it has intervened with the Indian Embassy in Washington concerning 300 Jewish refugees from Afghanistan who recently fled to India to escape persecution. The Congress has urged the Indian Government to allow the refugees to remain until permanent havens can be found for them.

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