FRENCH FRONTIER
STRENGTHENING OF GUARD EXPECTED TAMPEDE OF REFUGEES (Received 25th January. 9.0 a.m.) PARIS. 24th January. France is reinforcing the frontier guards in expectation of a stampede of refugees from Barcelona. An exodus of between a million and a half and two million is expected after the fall of Barcelona, in which there are elements whose entry France regards as undesirable, while not wanting to be inhospitable to those being persecuted. Consequently it is not expected that the frontier will be hermetically sealed The alternatives envisaged are the creation of concentration camps or the reception of a number of refugees aboard ship, after which they would be conveyed to African territory pending settlement. The authorities are investigating a derailment near Cerebere on the Catalonian frontier where the line was torn up at the station shortly before a consignment of flour was due to pass from France to the republicans.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 7
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