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European Voluntary Worker

British history
Also known as: EVW
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European Voluntary Worker (EVW), a displaced person admitted into Great Britain between 1947 and 1950 in an effort to aid those made homeless during World War II and to alleviate the severe labour shortage in specified and essential industries in Britain. The EVW program was begun under the “Balt Cygnet” plan of recruiting Baltic women to do elementary nursing and domestic and textile work. After its success, “Westward Ho” was established to obtain men to...

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