HC Deb 20 March 1919 vol 113 cc2212-3
27. Sir SAMUEL SCOTT

asked the Home Secretary how many aliens previously resident in this country have been deported from the United States and Dominions and allowed to land in this country; and whether, if it has not been found practicable to send them on to their own country, they are allowed complete freedom of action while waiting?

Mr. SHORTT

I cannot give figures in answer to the first paragraph of the question as separate records of the cases have not been kept, but I am advised that the number is small. All such persons haveto register with the police and are subject to all the restrictions imposed on aliens during the War, and the police have had authority to impose additional restrictions in any special cases where they appeared to be called for.