DESPERATE MIGRANTS FIND THEMSELVES STRANDED
DARWIN, De'c. 27. The plight of ab.out 60 people f ro in Cyprus who arrived a.t Darwin yesterdav by charter p'lane, and who have ' no. money or means of traveiiing far ther in AuStraiia, is desperate. • The migrants came to Bangkok Ln a Skymaster airiiner of Scandmaviau Air Systems and were brought on to Darwin by a Bharat' Airvvays piane, The charter called'for them t'o be ieft at Darwin and the conimander of tlie plane refused to .carry them farthei unless he received a guarantee. of £2000. After b^ing impounded by the authortiies, the plane vyas reieased today. .
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 December 1949, Page 6
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