REFUGEE PROBLEM
PREPARED TO CONSIDER
APPLICATIONS
NEED OF RESOURCES
Onlted Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. EVIAN, July 9. The New Zealand delegate to the conference which is being held here on the refugee problem, Mr. C. B. Burdekin, of the High Commissioner's Office, expressed the New Zealand Government's sympathy with those unfortunates who were compelled to seek new homes. He pointed out that within the limits of the migration laws New Zealand had already received a limited number of refugees and was prepared to consider applications, although it would only be by the acceptance of others also that New Zealand's acceptance of large numbers could be anticipated. Moreover, the number to be admitted was governed by economic conditions. . j He explained the migration laws! and added that it was impossible to ensure that every applicant who was unlikely to become a charge on the State or who would make a useful ; citizen would be accepted. The risk of an applicant burdening the public funds would be increased if he was not allowed to bring*a proportion of his possessions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 9, 11 July 1938, Page 11
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177REFUGEE PROBLEM Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 9, 11 July 1938, Page 11
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