§ Lieut.-Commander BOWERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of refugees from the penal settlement in French Guiana who have landed in the island of Trinidad during the last two years; and what steps are being taken to protect the Colony against an influx of foreigners of criminal tendencies?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI have no figures for 1931, but the Governor of Trinidad has reported that 78 fugitives from French Guiana landed in the Colony in 1932. I am in communication with the Governor as to the most suitable way of dealing with the situation.