I think that Members of Congress and the American people should be kept informed of the good works of the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration. This 31member international organization has assisted in the movement of nearly 2 million persons to new homelands during its 20 years of existence. Of this number. onehalf have been refugees who. through no fault of their own. had to abandon their homelands due to fear of religious or political persecution. Over the years. ICEM has done an excellent job in helping to keep the refugee camps of Europe free of buildups of refugee cases and has responded rapidly to emergency situations. such as the Hungarian crisis in 1956 and the need of the Czechoslovakian refugees in In the early days of October 1972. a new crisis began to develop in Uganda when Uganda President Ida Amin decreed that all Asians residing in that country had to leave by November 8. 1972. As that date was nearing. grave concern developed in the countries of Western Europe as to what would happen with the Asian expellees if they were not granted refuge in other countries. ICEM was the first international organization to send personnel into Uganda to assist in the movement of Asians who were being expelled.
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