HC Deb 22 February 1940 vol 357 cc1546-7W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Prime Minister whether he has any official information as to the numbers of refugees from all the territories now occupied by Germany permitted to enter France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and this country, respectively, giving the population of each of those countries and the percentages of refugees admitted in relation to that population?

Mr. Butler

The number of refugees from Germany, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, and Poland now in the United Kingdom is officially estimated at 74,500. From this figure a few hundreds should be deducted

Refugees. Population. Percentage.
United Kingdom 74,000 47,000,000 0.16 per cent.
France 42,000 42,000,000 0.10 per cent.
Belgium 20,000 8,400,000 0.24 per cent.
Netherlands 23,000 8,600,000 0.27 per cent.
Denmark A few hundreds each 3,750,000 Less than 0.03 per cent.
Norway 2,900,000
Sweden 6,300,000