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TENSE with hope, this Pole tells the Norwegian examiner of his background. He was blinded in an Allied bombing raid while a slave Inbourer in Germany,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER

THE PEOPLE NOBODY WANTED

1950.

AN AGED refugee at Linz, Austria, prays he will be among 980 chosen by the French. Others have been accepted by Israel, Belgium and New Zealand.

Blind refugees at Weyarn, Bavaria, walt for interviews which will resettia 100 of them in Norway, ons of several

HE problem of 100,000 unwanted displaced

still haunts Europe.

unfortunates are the "hard coro" of the task facing the United Nations' International Refugee Organisation in the few months before it closes down in March of next year.

Although millions of homeless people have been resettled, the "hard core" DP's remain at 10 camps in Germany, Austria and Italy. Some are

aged, disabled or chronically ill, needing institution. al care for the rest of their lives. Others are barred by immigration laws excluding persons who have lost a limb or the sight of one eye, those with weak hearts or traces of tuberculosis.

"Uneconomic" families, such as widows with young children, also are turned down. Many "hard core" refugees have healthy relatives who, in order to keep the family together, have refused oppertunities to emigrate.

countries which have made generous offars to DPs,

At IRO camps, the sick receive medical care,.... and the handicapped are trained in jobs which minimise their disabilities. The "hard core" group includes professional people, craftsmen and skilled workers.

Individuals all over the world have sponsored immigrating DP8. But unless more offers Aro received or special arrangements made with govern- ments, thote unwanted thousands will remain homeless,

ONE GOOD LEG will help this Serbian boy hold a useful job when cured of TB, He'telli Swedish examiners. He was wounded'fighting with the Allies in 1941,

SWEDISH consul interviews in a TD hospital af Zlágnoli, Italy, a patient who may be ons of 180 LOSS of a hand 86esh'fhiniter this Estoniah woddburner at trade, tubercular refugees resettled in Sweden. IRO contributes to care of "hard core" DP, dependents he shows Dutch examiners. They chose-23-amputeer

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