HC Deb 27 March 1946 vol 421 c58W
11. Mr. Skinnard

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of people now being held as political detainees in the Colonial Empire; in what colonies they are so held; and the reasons for their detention

Mr. georģe Hall:

Apart from two cases of aliens held at the request of the Foreign Office, I am not aware of any persons held as political detainees in the Colonies except in the Seychelles and Palestine. In the Seychelles, there are at present five Palestinian Arabs held for collaboration with the enemy and two Africans deported from Uganda for reasons explained in the answer to the Question by my hon. Friend on 7th November, 1945. As regards Palestine, there were on 31st January 530 persons detained under emergency legislation for security reasons, of whom 298 were held in Palestine and 232 in Eritrea.