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Nansen refugees who have lived for many years in the same country of   
adoption, have found permanent employment there, are not likely to   
emigrate, but who are still unable to secure naturlization.  It is to no   
one's interest that the same should happen to refugees after the present   
war, for the State suffers as much as the refugee when it puts off taking   
       action in accordance with the manifest facts.        
 
                                                            
 
 
(c) Emigration to other countries by infiltration.  
Emigration by infiltration is the normal and by far the most important   
method of disposal.  In ordinary circumstances it provides for the   
overflow of populations by spreading it over countires when it can be   
economically provided for with benefit to all concerned.  In the past,   
emigration on a large scale to Northern America has prevented what would   
otherwise have been toublesome refugee problems.  Restrictions on    
immigration, by quota or otherwise, have very greatly reduced the   
effectiveness of this safty-valve, and unless there are wide changes in   
this policy, infiltration after the war will still be conditioned by the   
pre-war restrictions and safegaurds imposed by the laws of immigration of   
the receiving contries.  None the less, even befor the war, a great deal  
was achieved in this respect.  In August 1939 it was estimated that   
400,000 refugees from Nazi oppression had left Germany, of whom 244,000   
had been permanently settled.  At least eighty-five per cent of the latter   
had been placed by infiltration.  Moreover, as the number of persons   
permanently settled increases, the difficulties of placing the rest tend   
progressively to decrease, other things being equal.  THe early stages   
include comparatively few who can go to close relations already   
permanently established, but as the earlier settlers establish themselves,   
 they are able to receive and provide for their relatives.  
 
                                                            
 
 
The war has inevitably caused special restrictions and limitations to be   
imposed in many countries on immigration,  and has also often resulted in   
the introduction of special and sometimes lengthy procedure.  The sooner   
these war restrictions can be removed after the war, the better, so that a   
steady and orderly flow of emigrants can be resumed.  At the same time, it   
will be an important duty of the Refugee Authority, assisted in this   
respect by some of the voluntary organizations, to persudade the   
Governments of suitable countires of reception to adopt a liberal policy,   
to try to provide the type of refugee suited to local conditions, and to   
         fit others by training for their new life.         
 
                                                            
 
 
In this connection, there may be opportunities in Europe which did not   
exist before the war.  Pestilence, famine, and the ravages of war may so   
reduce the population in some areas as to make an influx of newcomers   
almost an economic necessity.  One task of the Refugee Authority will be   
       to ascertain and develop these opportunities.        
 
                                                            
 
 
(d) The last method is by emigration to other countires for the purpose of   
large scale settlement.  Befor the war surveys of various arears of   
potential settlement were caried out.  These included British Guiana,   
             Northern Rhodesia ,San Domingo and