§ 54. Mr. Rileyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the present position and number of Abyssinian refugees in British Somaliland and Kenya?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe position as regards the refugees in Kenya was fully described in the reply given to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, East (Mr. White) on 3rd November. As regards Somaliland, I have nothing to add to the reply given to the hon. Member for English Universities (Miss Rathbone) on 30th July.
§ Mr. RileyHas the right hon. Gentleman seen the recent reports of the terrible conditions of 8,000 Abyssinian refugees in Kenya who are suffering from smallpox, typhoid, dysentery, malaria, and so on?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreI have seen what seems to be a highly inaccurate Press report, but I gave the figures in the reply to the hon. Member for East Birkenhead (Mr. White). In Kenya there is a total of approximately 6,000, and I gave the cases of disease, the most notable of which were 155 cases of small-pox.