The alternate British policy would actively encourage Jewish people and others fleeing persecution to come to Britain. Scientists and engineers are identified as people whose safety would also preserve skills useful to the country. The proposed effort begins at the scenario's January 1936 divergence and extends beyond Germany to Poland and people who had reached France. Daniel connects the proposal to his own family, some of whom reached France and stayed there. That recollection gives personal ownership to the example, while the wider recruitment program remains an imagined policy change.
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An earlier welcome for refugee scientists and engineers
The 1936 counterfactual links welcoming refugees with preserving scientific and engineering talent, alongside Daniel's family connection to escape through France.