The acrimonious dispute over British policy towards refugees from the Nazi regime has scarcely died down even in the new millennium. Bitter charges of indifference and lack of feeling are still levelled at politicians and civil servants, and the assertion is made that Great Britain's record on refugee matters is shabby and unworthy of its liberal traditions. This is an account of a largely unexplored and still highly controversial episode in 20th-century history. This reprinted edition contains a preface discussing historiographical developments since the first edition.