HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 c171W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that, before British troops are withdrawn from Italy, all refugees from Yugoslavia who are not prepared to return to their own country on account of political persecution and who do not wish to remain in Italy will be found accommodation elsewhere.

Mr. Noel-Baker

The difficulties of finding places for the resettlement of the hundreds of thousands of refugees in Europe are great, and I regret that I cannot give any promise that it will be possible to move the Yugoslav refugees referred to by my hon. Friend before the British troops are withdrawn from Italy.