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272 Jewish Refugees from Rumania Arrive in Turkey En Route to Palestine

May 1, 1944
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The Turkish steamer S. S. Milka arrived here last night carrying 272 Jewish refugees from Rumania. The group, which embarked at the Rumanian port of Constanza, consisted mainly of adults and a few children. It is expected that they will leave for Palestine by train tomorrow.

Seventy Jewish refugees who left here for Palestine on Friday have arrived there, it is reported today. Among them were five refugees who recently succeeded in escaping from Greece.

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