HC Deb 25 October 1935 vol 305 c492W
Mr. RHYS DAVIES

asked the Home Secretary whether Italian subjects resident in this country who have recently joined the Italian army will be allowed to enter this country after hostilities have ceased in Abyssinia?

Sir J. SIMON

A foreigner domiciled in this country is ordinarily readmitted after a temporary absence abroad provided he has not been absent so long that he has ceased to have a claim to be treated as resident here. In the application of this rule no discrimination is exercised by immigration officers against a foreigner who returns to his own country to perform military service. As at present advised I do not propose to issue any special instructions with regard to Italians.