QUEST IN EUROPE
MIGRANTS FOR CANADA STATELESS REFUGEES DUAL AIM OF POLICY (10 am.) OTTAWA, May 2. Canada's present immigration policy necessarily fell into two parts—measures designed for immediate application and a long-term plan, said the Prime Minister, Mr. W. Mackenzie King in the House of Commons. Mr. Mackenzie King agreed that Canada needed a larger population if she were to thrive and retain her hold on half a continent, but he indicated that transport difficulties had prevented the application of a general immigration policy for some time. Emphasis, manwhile, should be laid on refugees. Mr. Mackenzie King disclosed that immigration officers were being sent to Europe to examine the situation among refugee groups and arrange for an early admittance of several .thousand displaced persons. The Canadian Government did not intend to reshape its immigration policy to permit any large influx from the Orient and also would honour its wartime promise to prohibit further immigration of Japanese,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22320, 3 May 1947, Page 5
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