Up to 100 displaced persons and their dependents now living in camps in Germany and Austria will be accepted as immigrants by Norway within the next few months, under a special plan of the Norwegian Government and the Joint Distribution Committee made public here today. The agreement was reached by the Refugee Council of Norway, representing the Government, and Charles Jordan, assistant director general of the JDC.
Under the plan, the JDC will provide financial aid for the expansion of rehabilitation services in Norway now used by Jewish immigrants there and which will also be used by the newcomers, in addition to other types of aid and services. Those immigrants requiring additional medical care will be placed in hospitals and sanatoria by the Norwegian Government, which will also provide vocational training for those who need such training to enable them to be integrated into the country’s economic life. Processing and transportation of the Jewish migrants will be carried out by the United HIAS Service.
Marcus Levin, JDC director for Norway, accompanied by Per Aldenberg, chief of the Norwegian Department of Rehabilitation, will leave here on May 1 for a visit to the DP camps in Germany and Austria where they will interview prospective immigrants.
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