Refugees and evacuees in India during WW2
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During the War of 1939-45, the Government of India set up an organisation in India, at the request of the United Kingdom Government, to care for civilian personnel from Poland, the Baltic States, Greece, Malta and other countries who had been sent to India from their home countries because of hosilities. Camps were built and large staffs recruited to deal with the many thousands of evacuees... As the war progressed, those evacuees were joined by refugees from Burma, Malaya, Hong Kong and elsewhere... For some period after the termination of hostilities, some of the camps were also used by civilian internees, released from other countries in the Far East, while waiting to return home. The process of winding up was naturally slow, and the camps were not closed finally until 1950.[1]
Polish refugees
See Polish Refugees in India 1942-1948
References
- ↑ Relief of Distress: World War II Refugees and Evacuees, Ex-Internees and Distressed Europeans in India IOR/L/AG/40