HC Deb 14 April 1930 vol 237 c2610
11. Major POLE

asked the Secretary of State for India the number of Indians who have returned to India from the Union of South Africa under the provisions of the assisted emigration scheme since the scheme came into force in August, 1927; and what proportion of the persons so returned have availed themselves of the provisions of the scheme enabling return to the Union of South Africa subject to certain conditions?

Mr. BENN

I have no official figure later than that which I gave my hon. and gallant Friend on 18th November. But I have seen the report of a statement made by the South African Minister of Education in the Union Parliament in August last to the effect that between 6,000 and 7,000 Indians had left South Africa under the scheme, and only four had returned.