§ Captain FAIRFAXasked the Home Secretary under what circumstances a Polish subject, named Alexander Fischer, was able to enter and remain in this 733W country after having been rejected by the immigration officer at Swansea; and what steps he proposes to take to prevent a recurrence of similar occurrences?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSAfter being refused leave to land, this alien contrived to escape from the vessel in which he had arrived, and though immediate steps were taken to trace him, he managed to evade arrest until early last month. It is impossible entirely to obviate the risk of such occurrences. But they are rare; the immigration staff and the police are fully alive to the possibilities, and I do not think that any new precautions are necessary or practicable.