 The Red Cross, Quakers and Unitarians took up their cause, and on July 29, 1920, after 270 internees had been repatriated in April to Bad Mergentheim in Germany, the House of Lords permitted the remaining internees to return to Palestine.The residents of Sarona returned to a plundered and vandalized colony.Following negotiations with the British authorities, compensation was paid, in some cases up to 50%.