7. Mr. GILBERTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether there are any restrictions or penalties imposed on foreign seamen arriving on foreign steamers at any ports in the United Kingdom, or are such seamen allowed to enter such ports on similar conditions to British seamen?
The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Baird)I have been asked to reply. Under the provisions of the Aliens Order no alien can land in the United Kingdom without the permission of an Immigration Officer. Where the alien seamen in a foreign ship arriving at a British port are remaining on the Articles, a general permission is given to enable them to 15 land during the stay of the ship in port, but where any such seaman desires to land for discharge in the United Kingdom, he must obtain the special permission of an Immigration Officer.