HOMES FOR REFUGEES
NEW ZEALAND’S POSITION STATED ATTITUDE OF OTHER COUNTRIES A FACTOR. ACCEPTANCE OF USEFUL CITIZENS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. EVIAN, July 9. New Zealand’s delegate .to the conference which is being held here on the refugee problems, Mr Burdekin, expressed the New Zealand Government’s sympathy with those unfortunates who were compelled to seek new homes. He pointed out that, within the limits of the migration laws, New Zealand had already received a limited number of refugees and was prepared to consider applications, although it would only be by the acceptance of others also that New Zealand’s acceptance of large numbers could be anticipated. Moreover, the number to be admitted was governed by economic conditions. He explained the migration laws and added that it was impossible to ensure that every applicant who was unlikely to become a charge on the State and make a useful citizen would be accepted. The risk of the applicant’s burdening the public funds would be increased if he was not allowed to bring a proportion of his possessions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1938, Page 7
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