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New York. N.Y. Basic refugee services include vocational and technical training. apprenticeship placement and aid in job finding on behalf of Jewish refugees primarily. Several thousand refugees from North Africa were enrolled in ORT training centers located in the Paris region. Strasbourg Lyon. Toulouse and Marseilles. Many special courses were organized for adults and increasing attention was given last year to the educational needs of refugee youth. English language and trade training programs were established last year in Paris. Rome and Genoa for several hundreds of refugees destined for English speaking countries. An interesting sidelightthe language training Is conducted by means of electronics language laboratories developed at the Central ORT Institute in Switzerland. The Bramson ORT Trade School in New York. specializing in needle trade instruction to Jewish refugees and other immigrants. gave such training to over 700 persons last year. Other programs were conducted for newly arrived refugees in Israel. PolishAmerican Immigration and Relief Committee (PAIRC). 156 Fifth Avenue. New York. N.Y. PAIRC conducts a continuing program for Polish postwar refugees in Western Europe as well as newly arrived escapees. The scope of the Committees work covers: immigration and integration help for new refugees. registration and documentation for "old" refugees. under special immigration schemes. provision of sponsorship for regular immigration cases. financial assistance to needy refugees. and cooperation in UNHCR integration programs. The total number of refugees served by PAIRC last year was 20.813. The breakdown is as follows: 15.220 in Germany. 2.227 In France. 2.215 in the Benelux countries. 459 in Italy. 287 in Austria and 405 in other areas. Project Concern.