HC Deb 23 August 1945 vol 413 cc808-9W
Mr. Peter Freeman

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Poles, Czechs, Austrians and other nationals are still in concentration camps in various parts of the Continent while their homes are still being occupied by Germans; and what steps are being taken to remedy this.

Mr. McNeil

I presume that my hon. Friend is referring mainly to United Nations displaced persons, chiefly to be found in Germany and Austria, where, for practical reasons they have to be grouped in assembly centres. His Majesty's Government are directly responsible for the British military zones only, where the military authorities and U.N.R.R.A. are making every effort in the face of great difficulties to repatriate displaced persons as rapidly as possible and at the same time to assist in the return of so-called "intruded" Germans from liberated countries.