Action by the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration in favour of Hungarian refugees

Report | Doc. 644 | 23 April 1957

Committee

Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population

Rapporteur :

Mr Etienne de la VALLEE POUSSIN, Belgium

Thesaurus

A Draft Recommendation

The Assembly

Having seen Recommendations 106 (1956) and 114 (1957) referring to Hungarian refugees;

Having noted with satisfaction that the greatest part of those Hungarian refugees who have found temporary asylum in Austria have been able to resettle in other European and overseas countries thanks to the joint efforts of Governments, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Intergovernmental

Having noted, however, that in Austria and in other European countries there still remain a considerable number of Hungarian refugees wanting to migrate;

Having noted that, up to 28th February 1957, 18,300 Hungarian refugees have arrived in Yugoslavia;

Considering that this problem can only be solved by the permanent resettlement of these refugees in countries willing to receive them,

Recommends to the Committee of Ministers to invite Member Governments :

1 to take into consideration within the framework of the assistance they are ready to give to Hungarian refugees, the problem of those refugees who are in Yugoslavia;

2 to make the necessary contacts with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and with the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration in order to facilitate the permanent resettlement of all of the Hungarian refugees who still are in Austria, in Yugoslavia or in other European countries.