§ 68. Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that no displaced persons are forcibly repatriated from the British Zone of Germany.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydI do not consider that any further steps of this kind are necessary. A German Federal law of the 25th April, 1951, provides that
A homeless foreigner may not be extradited, expelled, deported or returned to a State in which his life or his freedom is threatened by reason of his race, his descent, his origin, his faith, his religion or political views.The contractual settlement signed on the 26th May expressly provides that the German Federal Republic will implement this law and that it will also ratify the United Nations Convention the International Status of Refugees.