LORD TEYNHAMasked Her Majesty's, Government whether it was true, as stated in a recent telegram from Odessa, that the exodus of pauper Jews had recommenced in South Russia, and that 357 families had lately emigrated to England; and whether any measures were contemplated with a view to checking the continued flow of pauper aliens to this country?
THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (The Earl of KIMBERLEY)My Lords, the attention of the Board of Trade is frequently called to telegrams of the kind described by the noble Lord, and the recent telegram he refers to is apparently not the only one on the subject. There has not, however, been any large increase lately in alien immigration, as the noble Lord will observe from the monthly published Returns; and specially there has been no increase in the immigration into England from Odessa. In these circumstances, no immediate action is proposed in the matter of alien immigration, but full consideration is being given to it, and any increase in the immigration of pauper aliens will be carefully watched.