Assistance for Hungarian refugee students

Recommendation 123 (1957)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

(seeDoc. 608, draft Recommendation presented by the Committee on Cultural and Scientific Questions). This Recommendation was adopted by the Assembly at its 37th Sitting, on 11th January 1957

The Assembly,

Considering that the responsibility for affording Hungarian refugee students an opportunity to complete their studies rests entirely with the countries of Western Europe;

Having noted with satisfaction the steps taken by several universities and member countries in this connection,

Recommends to the Committee of Ministers :

1 that it should instruct the Secretary General to get in touch with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with a view to obtaining before the next Session information on the position of Hungarian refugee students in member countries;

2 that it should examine, in the light of this information, the possibility of making available to Hungarian refugee students as soon as possible a university education such as would enable them to preserve the cultural heritage of the Hungarian nation.