§ Mr. Manderasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to what steps are being taken by U.N.R.R.A. to assist in the care of such refugees as cannot or do not wish to be repatriated to their own countries.
§ Mr. LawI assume that what my hon. Friend has in mind is that refugees who either cannot or do not wish to be repatriated to their own countries will require to be maintained until such time as the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees is able to remove them to new places of settlement. The situation is that at the Conference held at Atlantic City last November, U.N.R.R.A. agreed to accept the responsibility for assisting in such maintenance for a reasonable period. I understand that U.N.R.R.A.'s present schemes for care and maintenance of displaced persons provide generally that persons in the category mentioned by my hon. Friend will receive the same treatment as those who are nationals of any of the United Nations.