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CHAIRMAN
John W Major
SECRETARY
Harold Howard
RELATIONS WITH OTHER REFUGEE
ORGANISATIONS IN THE COUNTRY
1 Germany Emergency Committee (Later
Friends Committee for Refugees & Aliens
2 Refugee Childrens Movement
3 Manchester Jewish Refugee Committee
4 Czech Trust Fund
5 Central Refugee Organisation:-
Bloomsbury House, WC1, Affiliated to:-
NW Refional Council for Refugees (M/C)
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TYPES OF WORK CARRIED OUT BY COMMITTEE
| 1 | Evacuation from
Nazi Germany |
| 2 | Raising of Funds |
| 3 | The setting up and
the running of six
hostels |
| 4 | Co-operation with
a, Home Office
b, Assistance Board
c, Tribunals for Aliens |
| 5 | Advice Bureau work
a, Information about
new regulations
b, Search for employ
ment
c, Housing problems
d, Helping Refugees
to trace relatives
and send money
to them in un-occ
upied France
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under scheme of
American Friends'
Service Committee |
| 6 | Grants in aid of-
Education, Health
& other urgent needs |
| 7 | Emigration |
| 8 | Help to Refugees
interned in the Isle of Man
and contact with those
deported to Australia
and Canada |
| 9 | Organising six
annual Exhibitions
and Sales of Refugee
Crafts Over xxxxx |
| 10 | Re-settlement after
war; Repatriations;
Naturalisations; Claims
for property in Germany |
| 11 | Work for post-war
Displaced Persons |
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SCOPE OF WORK
| Under our care were the following |
Adults....2078
Children....172
Other applications
dealt with....1558 |
Total 3,808 |
(These are analysed from representative groups)
RELIGION
*.....................Jews.....................39%
*................Protestants................30%
*...........Roman Catholics...........25%
*....................Others....................6%
| NATIONALITIES | | GROUPS |
Austrians
Germans
Other Europeans
|
44%
29%
27%
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Internees
Refugees in Transit
Long Residence Aliens
|
48%
35%
17%
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(These Include Refugees assisted from prohibited or bombed areas)
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ORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF THE PEOPLE
ASSISTED BY THE COMMITTEE
(An example from a group)
* |
Doctors | %
15.3 |
| * | Clerks | 11.1 |
| * | Teachers | 11.0 |
| * | Clothiers | 10.9 |
| * | Buisness men | 8.5 |
| * | Domestics | 7.7 |
| * | Students | 7.6 |
| * | Engineers | 5.2 |
| * | Chemists | 3.8 |
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* |
Writers |
2.8 |
| * | Lawyers | 2.7 |
| * | Electricians | 2.5 |
| * | TextileWorkers | 2.4 |
| * | Actors | 2.4 |
| * | Social Workers | 2.3 |
| * | Artists | 2.0 |
| * | Shop assistants | 1.8 |
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Final Analysis
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Naturalised British 47%
Emigrated.............. 32%
Died...................... 12%
Repatriated.............. 9%
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