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Australiana
Australia is prepared to accept the Indies Dutch
CANBERRA, ACT – The Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, R.G. Casey, has stated in the federal parliament in Canberra that Australia will be prepared to accept as many Dutch people as possible from Indonesia if they must leave this country.
“Our ties with the Dutch are of a friendly, even close, nature,” Minister Casey continued.
The minister further stated that this issue of possible asylum for Dutch people expelled from Indonesia has the full attention of Athol G. Townley, the immigration minister.
Australia is prepared to accept the Indies Dutch
CANBERRA, ACT – The Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, R.G. Casey, has stated in the federal parliament in Canberra that Australia will be prepared to accept as many Dutch people as possible from Indonesia if they must leave this country.
“Our ties with the Dutch are of a friendly, even close, nature,” Minister Casey continued.
The minister further stated that this issue of possible asylum for Dutch people expelled from Indonesia has the full attention of Athol G. Townley, the immigration minister.
| Subject | Emigration and immigration |
| Dutch East Indies | |
| Foreign relations | |
| Politics and government | |
| Category | 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation) |
| Creator | Dutch Australian Weekly |
| Current Holder | National Library of Australia |
| Date | 1957-12-13 |
| Item Number | 224529769 |
| Access Rights | Digitised |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Language | Dutch |
| Description From Source | Dutch Australian Weekly, p. 2 |
| Physical Format | Newspapers |
| Transcription | Australiana Australie us bereid de Indische Nederlanders op te nemen CANBERRA, ACT – De federale minister van buitenlandse zalen, R.G. Casey, heeft in de federale volksvertegenwoordiging te Canberra verklaard, dat Australie bereid zal staan om zoveeel mogelijk Nederlanders uit Indonesie op te nemen, in geval zij dit land zullen moeten verlaten. “Onze banden met de nederlanders zijn van vriendschappelijke, ja zelfs van innige aard”, zo vervolgde minister Casey. De minister verklaarde verder, dat deze kwestie van eventueel asiel aan uit Indonesie verdreven Nederlanders de volle aandacht heeft van de minister van immigratie, Athol G. Townley. |
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