THE REFUGEE PROBLEMS AFTER THE WAR             
 
                                                            
 
                      1. Introductory                       
 
                                                            
 
 
t this stage may avoid confusion and mistakes later on.  It 
 
                                                            
 
 
               2. Pre-war Groups of Refugees                
 
                                                            
 
 
ptember 1939 the three main groups of refugees were the foll
 
           (a) The Nansen refugees, who comprise            
 
                       (i) Russians,                        
 
                      (ii) Armenians,                       
 
               (iii) Refugees from the Saar;                
 
                  (b) Refugees from Spain;                  
 
to flee from Greater Germany owing to political, racial, or 
 
                                                            
 
 
 they had been settled for many years in the countries of as
 
                                                            
 
 
rt a period had elapsed since the end of the Civil War to re
 
                                                            
 
 
efugees from Greater Germany, constitued the main pre-war pr