§ 64. Mr. Osborneasked the President of the Board of Trade how many people have emigrated and mainly to what countries and chiefly in what age groups, during the period since the war.
§ Mr. H. WilsonBritish emigrants travelling direct by sea to places outside Europe numbered about 407,000 in the period January, 1946—September, 1948; the corresponding total of alien emigrants in this period was about 12,000. Figures for 1945 are not available. With the hon. Member's permission I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT such details as are available of the destinations of these emigrants and of the numbers in the various age groups.
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