HC Deb 16 October 1940 vol 365 c718W
Mr. Wedgwood

asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he will now set free from Sarafend and Altilit camps the refugees from Central Europe who were able to get illegally into Palestine; and how many such there still are, particularly men able to fight.

Mr. George Hall

The number of illegal immigrants detained at Altilit is 356, and they are not yet due for release. A number of them are between the ages of 18 and 45 but they are of undetermined nationality, and the military authorities consider their enlistment undesirable at the present time.