As amended. Senate bill 1917 reads as follows: Be it enacted. etc.. That this act may be cited as the "Refugee Act of 1953." DEFINITIoNs SEC. 2 (a) "Refugee" means any person "in a country.or area which is neither Communist nor Communistdominated." who because of persecution. ftar of persecution. natural calamity. or military operations is out of his usual place of abode and unable to return thereto. who has not been firmly iesettled. and who is in urgent need of assistance for the essentials of life or for transportation. (b) "Escapee" means any refugee who. after May 8. 1945. because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race. religion. or political opinion. fled from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or other Communist. Communistdominated. or Communistoccupied area of Europe including thbse parts of Germany under military occupation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. and who cannot return thereto because of fear of persecution on account of race. religion. or political opinion. (c) "Gernian expellee" means any refugee of German ethnic origin residing in the area of the German Federal Republic. western sector of Berlin. or in Austria who was born in and was forcibly removed from or forced to flee from Albania. Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia.
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