§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked 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. ButlerThe 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