MANY REFUGEES.
EUROPE FAST BEING SEALED.
THOUSANDS AWAIT SHIPS. (Rec. 1.15 pm.) LONDON, Am-il 29. • Europe is fast becoming sealed tor refugees wishing to go to America,' and Britishers trying to return., home are little better off,’ says the “Daily Mail s correspondent at Lisbon. . . Between. 300 and 400 Britishers in Lisbon are awaiting repatriation, apart from the resident population, and 1500 more are in unoccupied France. Most of the Britishers are drawing a Consular allowance of £lO a month, which is repayable. Seven thousand refugees have booked by sea and the American export line of ships will take a year to clear them. No more bookings are being accepted except for Americans, who have priority on the American export liners.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 168, 30 April 1941, Page 6
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