HC Deb 15 November 1956 vol 560 cc34-5W
Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what estimate he has formed of the number of Hungarian refugees who have now crossed the Austrian frontier; and whether he will increase the quota which it is proposed that this country should take.

Mr. Dodds-Parker

Her Majesty's Ambassador at Vienna reported on 14th November that, according to information supplied by the Austrian Government, the total number of these refugees was now over 25,000.

As the House knows, Her Majesty's Government have undertaken to admit up to 2,500 refugees. Her Majesty's Government are keeping the situation under review in the light of further information about the size of the problem and the contribution made by other Governments to its solution.

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