persons. Other activities of the Authority, many as they wil
 
               (a) Return of individuals to the coraltry of 
 
               (b) Absorption in the countries of temporary 
 
                (c) Emigration to other countries by infiltr
 
 (8.) Emigration to other countries for the purpose of large
 
          I will deal briefly with these in turn.           
 
                                                            
 
 
ditions are such as will ensure them the rights of full citi
 
                                                            
 
 
(b) Absorption in the countries of temporary asylmm.  
                        The question of absorption will obviously be a difficult one  
                        after the war. Much will depend on the condition of the  
                        labour market. If employment is plentiful there will be less  
                        opposition to the naturalization and absorption of refugees,  
                        but if there is unemployment governments will find it difficult  
                        to approve a policy which might involve demobilized nationals  
                        remaining out of work while foreigners were allowed to  
                        compete in the labour market. Generally, therefore, there  
                        is likely to be a reluctance to approve naturalization in  
                        considerable numbers until the economic position becomes  
                        Clarified. A strong case can, however, be made for those  
                        refugees who have joined the military forces of the country  
                        of asylum. They should certainly be given priority of  
                        naturalization in comparison with other refugees, and it is  
                        to be hoped that it will be possible to give the opportunity  
                        of naturalization to all of them. On the general case, it  
                    has to be remembered that there may be great delay in finding  
                        permanent homes for temporary migrants, that in the meantime  
                        they will have to be maintained if employment is not available  
                        and that the greater part of the cost of maintenance, if not  
                        the whole, will fall on the state. It is demoralizing to  
                        persons to be kept indefinitely in a state of uncertainty,  
                  and if in the long run no outlet is found for them by  
                      emigration, the State is the worse off by having kept them in  
                      suspense.    While, therefore, some delay may be necessary  
                      (except, it is hoped, AS regards members of the military forces)  
                      before decisions are reached regarding absorption and naturali  
                    zation, it is most desirable that decisions should not be  
                      delayed too long, and that the policy pursued should be as  
                      liberal as economic conditions permit. Twenty-three years after  
          the end of the last war, there are still thousands