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Meanwhile no time had been wasted in embarking on the formidable task of separating sheep from goats. By 28 September 1939 the tribunals, headed by men of legal experience, had begun to work their way through an examination of every enemy alien over the age of sixteen registered in Britain, with the object of sifting out anyone who, though claiming to be a refugee, might not in actuality be friendly to the country.
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© 1983 Miriam Kochan
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Kochan, M. (1983). The Greatest Possible Expedition. In: Britain’s Internees in the Second World War. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05483-1_2
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