§ 42. Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the numbers of British and American Jews that emigrated to Palestine since 1920; and the corresponding figures for emigration from Russia, Poland. Rumania, Germany, Hungary, and Austria to Palestine?
§ Dr. SHIELSWith the hon. and gallant Member's permission, I will circulate a statement giving the figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the figures:
§ I am unable to give the figures in the precise form asked for in the question, but the following table shows the proportion in which the various countries of origin contributed towards the total number of 14,922 immigrants (14,683 of them being Jews) who entered Palestine during the period 1st September, 1920 to 31st December, 1921.
| Percentage of total immigrants. | |
| per cent. | |
| Poland | 33 |
| Russia | 15 |
| Rumania | 5 |
| Smaller East European States | 11 |
| Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Dominions | 3½ |
| Central Asia | 10 |
| Other Countries | 22½ |
§ As regards the period subsequent to 1921, the figures in respect of the years 1922–1929, so far as they are available, are as follows:
| Country of origin. | Number of Jewish immigrants. |
| Great Britain and Dominions | 974 |
| United States of America | 2,217 |
| Russia | 16,796 |
| Poland | 38,850 |
| Rumania | 5,555 |
| Germany | 2,324 |
| Hungary | 276 |
| Austria | 1,095 |