CAPTAIN COLOMB&c.) (Tower Hamlets, Bow,asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, What great States of the World, other than Great Britain, permit the immigration of destitute aliens without restriction; and, whether Her Majesty's Government is prevented by any Treaty obligations from making such regulations as shall put a stop to the free import of destitute aliens into the United Kingdom?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N. E.)The Foreign Office are unable to state, without inquiry, which of the great States, if any, permit the immigration of aliens without restriction on account of their destitution. The United States of America do not permit it. Her Majesty's Government is prevented by no Treaty obligations from forbidding the free immigration of any aliens, provided that they were empowered by law to do so, which is not the case.