REFUGEES IN INDIA
MANY NAT! ON ALI TIES
(Rcc. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 22. Arrangements are being made to give 11,000 children refuge in India for the duration, says the Daily Telegraph’s Delhi correspondent. Already about 1000 have made the. trek across Iran and Baluchistan after drifting to South Russia front Poland. Many are still suffering from the effects of famine and disease. Poles predominate among India’s refugees, who also include many Greeks. Others from Iran, Somaliland, Djibuti, and Aden include Austrians, French, Rumanians, Australians, and Canadians.
There arc also many AngloChinese, Anglo-Burmesc. and AngloMalayans. The most unexpected are about 600 Maltese from the centuries old community in Turkey. A recent Turkish law required them to take Turkish nationality or quit. As they are unable to return to Malta they have temporarily settled in India.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19421223.2.24
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 21, 23 December 1942, Page 2
Word Count
135REFUGEES IN INDIA Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIII, Issue 21, 23 December 1942, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in