HC Deb 16 February 1938 vol 331 c1866
23. Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Arab exiles in the Seychelles are in receipt of financial or other support from the Palestine Government or are they treated as were the Cyprus bishop exiles who had to support themselves?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

The cost of providing accommodation and maintenance for the; Arab deportees in the Seychelles is being borne by the Palestine Government.

Colonel Wedgwood

Would it not be possible to leave the Arab exiles in the Seychelles free to move wherever they like?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

No, it would be most undesirable.

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