HC Deb 15 July 1929 vol 230 c45W
Major POLE

asked the Secretary of State for India the number of Indians repatriated under the Cape Town Agreement in each year since the agreement became effective?

Mr. BENN

According to the Report of the Agent of the Government of India in South Africa for the year 1927, during the five months August to December, 1927, 1,655 Indians were repatriated under the provisions of the Assisted Emigration Scheme, which came into operation in August, 1927. No later official figures are available.