FACT CHECK · LAND AND MIGRATION: WHO CAME FROM WHERE, AND 1948
Claim: Jewish immigration was a free-for-all
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
Mandate Art. 6 (1922) told Britain to 'facilitate Jewish immigration' without prejudicing others. In 1939 Britain's White Paper allowed some 75,000 immigrants over five years.
SOURCE
Mandate for Palestine, Art. 6 (Avalon, Yale); British White Paper, May 1939 (Avalon, Yale)
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