HC Deb 21 February 1934 vol 286 cc354-5W
Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKE

asked the President of the Board of Trade the num- ber of immigrants who have entered this country from countries outside Europe during the last three years, and the number of emigrants who went from this country to countries outside Europe during the same period?

Dr. BURGIN

The numbers of immigrants into the United Kingdom from non-European countries in 1931, 1932 and 1933 were 73,056, 77,273 and 61,012, of whom about 1,680 in each year were foreigners. The numbers of emigrants from the United Kingdom to such countries were 35,697, 28,048 and 27,415, of whom all but about 4 per cent. were British subjects.