Namsen's Country Has New Agency to Aid Refugees

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 184, 21 August 1937, Page 16

Namsen's Country Has New Agency to Aid Refugees

OSLO. — In the former lionie near here of Dr. Fritjof Nansen, explorer and friend of Tefugees, a new bureau has been eonstituted to continue his work of aiding those who have lost eitizenship. This bureau is to be called "Nansenhelp," to bo absolutely nonpolitical, and freo to all who for one rcason or another have lost their eitizenship and are not ablc to get another one. Odd Nansen, architect son of Dr. Nansen, opened the new bureau, stating that when the first bureau bearing Nansen's name was founded it was thought that a certain number of years would suffiee to bring order into the legal status of refugees. Poiitieal developments tell another story, he said, and many more have recently lost their country with the result that the need for help is greater than ever before. He, therefore, regrettcd the closing of the original bureau, but believed Nansen 's country should talce the initiative in starting another. He proposes that" the work should start in Vienna, where the need for such help is evident, he said, beyond dispute. A chorus of the Eussian Don Cossaeks, who go from country to country withf Nansen passports singing Eussian music, brought their songs to the opening meeting as a tribute to Fritjof Nansen and the work planned by his son and others.

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