Mr. Speaker. S. 3942. as introduced and as it was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. provided for the issuance of 1.500 special nonquota immigrant visas to Portugese nationals and citizens left homeless by the terrible earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that shook the Azores in September 1957. The committee amended the bill so as to extend a helping and friendly hand to another group of fine people forced to flee their homes in the face of political and economic tyranny. The amendment would grant visas to 3.136 citizens and nationals of the Netherlands. and their dependents. who have been driven out of their homes of long standing in Indonesia and are now living under crowded conditions in Holland. The new Government of the Republic of Indonesia has expelled indirectly almost 220.000 people of Dutch nationality. They have been forced to leave behind all their money and all their possessions.
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