SWITZERLAND: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, APPEALS FOR HOMES FOR CHILEAN REFUGEES.

Record ID: 1062831

  • Title: SWITZERLAND: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, APPEALS FOR HOMES FOR CHILEAN REFUGEES.
  • Date: 22nd December 1973
  • Summary: 1. MV Prince Sadruddin and reporter seated 0.11 2. CU Prince speaking 1.39 AGA KHAN: "These people are human beings like you and I. They are people who have been forced to suddenly contemplate a new life. They are women, they are children, they are people who once they are resettled will live normal peaceful lives. They have their own ideas; we all have our own ideas. They have their own political ideals, but this does not mean that they are people who will become a problem in the countries to which we hope to send them. In fact I think the countries that have accepted them so far can vouch for this. These are people who will work hard, and will live a decent life and will not constitute a problem to the authorities of the countries that receive them. The German Democratic Republic has taken a substantial number, and other Eastern European countries have also. I think it's interesting to note that a large group have also gone to Cuba. But we need more places, and although the majority of those who have already been settled have gone to Western European countries -- some to North America, Canada -- we need many more places. Eighteen hundred people still have to be resettled, and more will be coming forward in the future. The pressure is building up -- these people have to be resettled, and we appeal to governments to accept these people in the near future." Initials BB/1903 TM/DW/BB/1915 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th January 1974 12:00
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  • Location: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Reuters ID: LVA287G6C5HITDE5WT1DX8E3YE7N
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