POLISH CHILDREN NOT COMPELLED TO RETURN HOME
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 8.
Unless there were reasons which could not be overlooked, the Polish children who came to New Zealand during the war would stay in the Dominion, said the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr Nash) in the House of Representatives today, replying to Mr W. A. Bodkin (Opposition, Central Otago), who said he understood that there was considerable pressure from overseas to have the children returned to Poland. There was a real international difficulty associated with the children if they had relatives who asked the Polish Government to ensure their return, Mi' Nash said. The New Zealand Government’s only interest in the children was while they were in this country. “There will be no compulsion for them to go back unless they have parents or there is some other good reason such as we, ourselves, would recognise.” he added. “We feel that after all ’the war-time difficulties, these children really belong to New Zealand, and if we can find a way for them to stay here we will do so.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 October 1948, Page 2
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