HC Deb 15 October 1945 vol 414 c674
20. Colonel Erroll

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information regarding the quota of Jews from enemy countries permitted by the U.S. Government to emigrate to America.

Mr. McNeil

No, Sir.

Colonel Erroll

Will the Minister consider approaching the United States with regard to obtaining some information on this subject?

Mr. Sydney Silverman

Can the Minister say whether it is the case that the only country in which people are not allowed to enter just because they are Jews, is the Jewish National Home?

Mr. Lipson

Is it not a fact that immigration into the United States is, quite properly, based on nationality and not on religion?

Mr. McNeil

I think that is a question which should be addressed to the United States.

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