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Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Australia: Proposal for a New Article 11(a)

Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Australia: Proposal for a New Article 11(a)
A/CONF.2/41

6 July 1951

Add following new article which might either precede 12 or be placed with other interpretative articles.

New Article between Articles 11 and 12

"Articles 12, 13, 14 and 21 of this Convention shall be read subject to the proviso that a Contracting State shall have the right in the interests of public welfare to impose reasonable conditions as to the type and place of employment, for a limited period, upon any immigrant who seeks admission to its territory, for the expressed purpose of taking up permanent residence therein".