Freed by the allied armies. their disposition immediately became a serious problema problem not yet completely solved. From VEday down to the present. however. approximately 7.000.000 of these people have either been repatriated. that is. returned to their former homes in the respective countries from which they were removed. or have been resettled in other countries. Pending repatriation or resettlement. all displaced persons. including women and children. had to be fed. clothed. and sheltered at great expense by UNRRA. the intergovernment Committee on Refugees. and the Army. Of this expense. the United States bore its full share. Today. of the 1.000.000 persons remaining unrepatriated and unresettled. there are 600.000 in the United States camps. under the American flag. who. with the passing of UNRRA and unless the task is taken over by some other agency. must be housed. clothed. and fed by our Government alone. at an annual cost of $130.000.000.
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