Lord Plymouth, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, im replying for the Government, assured the House that the Government was fully conscious of the urgency of the problem and was desirous of dealing with it as speedily as possible.
It was a world-wide problem, he said, and must be solved by international ce-operation.
Progress, declared Lord Plymouth, depended largely on what was done by the country of origin.
Many refugees, including nurses and domestic servants, he contínued, had been admitted into Britain with. out affecting the British labour market, The Government, he stated, was prepared to admit as many refugee children as homes were found for. Already 1,000 children had been admitted in this way and the Government expected many thousands of children would finally be allowed to enter Britain.
Referring to British Guiana, Lord Plymouth said that much of its land was forest land but a large area was suitable 1j refugces.—Reuter.
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