Mr. Speaker. on March 17. 1958. there appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a statement by me in regard to the Zellerbach Commissions recommendations on our emergency refugee programs. In that statement I indicated that the "United States ranks 13th among the nations affording asylum" to Hungarian refugees. This statement requires some clarification. According to figures prepared by the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration at Geneva. the United States in terms of absolute numbers ranks first on the list of countries that have given asylum to Hungarian refugees. However. in terms of relating these figures to the relative populations of the various countries involved. the United States would. of course. not rank as high. The figures prepared by the Intergovernmental Committee are as follows: Jntergovernmental Committee for European Migration.
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