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Handicapped Refugees

Volume 644: debated on Thursday 20 July 1961

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what decision has been made to curtail the extension of the United Kingdom scheme for handicapped refugees entering this country.

More than 1,100 refugees have been accepted for residence here as a result of the schemes announced during World Refugee Year. Apart from a few residual cases now under consideration the World Refugee Year schemes have now ended.