The bermuda conference in april 1943: allied politics, jewish organizations, and the emergence of the international migration regime

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article provides a detailed account of the British – American Bermuda Conference on Refugees, held in April 1943, and re-evaluates its effect on Jewish refugee organizations and the international migration regime. It argues, firstly, that the delegates’ inaction had a profound effect on Jewish organizations and their humanitarian efforts, and secondly, that the decision to revive the dormant Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees – a measure intended to cover for the failure to agree on any decisive rescue operation for European Jewry – provided the foundations for the international migration regime of the post-war era.