§ 11. Major Beamishasked the President of the Board of Trade how many British citizens and foreign nationals, shown separately, have emigrated from the United Kingdom since VE Day to foreign countries other than their own countries; to the Colonies; and to the Dominions, respectively, showing each country or Colony separately.
§ Mr. H. WilsonBritish emigrants travelling direct by sea to places outside Europe numbered about 291,000 in the two years 1946 and 1947; the total of alien emigrants in this period was about 10,000. Figures for 1945 are not available. I give below such details as are available of the destinations of the emigrants who left the United Kingdom by sea in 1946 and 1947.
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EMMIGRANTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DIRECT BY SEA TO PLACES OUT OF EUROPE AND NOT WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA 1946 AND 1947. Place of future permanent residence. * Emigrants of British Nationality. Alien Emigrants. British North America. 76,000 — Australia 23,000 — New Zealand 12,000 — British South Africa 37,000 — India and Ceylon 21,000 — Other British Countries. 41,000 — TOTAL, British Empire. 210,000 2,000 United States 69,000 5,500 Other Foreign Countries. 12,000 2,500 TOTAL, All Countries 291,000 10,000 * Residence for a year or more is treated as permanent residence for the purpose of this classification