HC Deb 23 February 1938 vol 332 cc338-9
16. Major-General Sir Alfred Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the quota of Jewish immigrants into Palestine authorised in the years 1935, 1936, and 1937; and an estimate of the number of Jews who entered the country without permission in those years?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

As the answer is a long one, and includes a number of figures, I will, with the permission of the hon. and gallant Member, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

Prior to 1st August last only labour immigrants were subject to restriction by quota. For the period of eight months from August, 1937, to March, 1938, the total Jewish immigration in all categories has, in accordance with the statement of policy of July last, been restricted to 8,000 persons. The total Jewish immigration into Palestine in the years 1935 and 1936 was 61,854 and 29,727, of whom 27,729 and 11,477 represented labour immigrants with their dependants. In 1937, total Jewish immigration of all kinds was 9,837, but I am unable to say how many of these were labour immigrants. I can give no reliable estimate of the total number of Jews who entered Palestine illegally during those years.

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