§ 90 and 91. Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many Commonwealth immigrants have now been admitted to this country, including wives, children and dependants, since the passing of the Commonwealth Immigrants Act; how many have come from the various countries; and what estimate he has made of the number who entered illegally;
(2) if he will give in column form the number of Commonwealth immigrants including wives, children and dependants who were admitted to the country for each of the last 10 years, and the 10 countries from which they mostly came.
§ Mr. George ThomasFor an estimate of the number who evade the immigration control (not necessarily in breach of the law) I would refer the hon. Member to the reply that my right hon. Friend gave on 4th February to Questions by the hon. Member for Darwen (Mr. Fletcher-Cooke) and others. As to the other figures I give below statistics of admissions and embarkations of citizens from the various countries since 1st July, 1962, and estimates of the net balance of immigration from Commonwealth territories in the Caribbean, Asia, East and West Africa, and the Mediterranean, which are the only figures available for the period before 1st July, 1962.
311WFollowing are the figures:
1. COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS SUBJECT TO CONTROL UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRANTS ACT 1962 ADMITTED AND EMBARKED: 1ST JULY, 1962–31ST DECEMBER, 1964 Territory that issued passport Admissions Embarkations Net Balance For residence All admissions With Ministry of Labour vouchers Dependants and others Aden … … … 36 79 3,042 3,101 -59 Australia … … … 1,379 2,312 168,458 161,204 7,254 Barbados … … … 1,637 2,011 7,640 4,440 3,200 Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland 23 108 1,528 1,194 334 British Guiana … … … 384 2,728 9,776 5,818 3,958 Canada … … … 1,364 2,819 276,985 265,447 11,538 Ceylon … … … 928 1,013 10,895 8,794 2,101 Cyprus … … … 1,311 3,891 21,676 15,350 6,326 Ghana … … … 98 1,089 13,893 12,036 1,857 Gibraltar … … … 44 196 4,556 4,492 64 Hong Kong … … … 1,705 1,243 14,218 10,733 3,485 India … … … 12,840 18,532 105,289 69,228 36,061 Jamaica … … … 3,479 18,528 40,395 25,845 14,550 Kenya … … … 149 1,763 17,008 13,562 3,446 Leeward and Windward Isles … … … 499 2,878 5,869 3,518 2,351 *Malawi … … … 3 22 307 384 -77 Malaysia … … … 286 807 17,826 15,416 2,410 Malta … … … 1,626 1,384 16,294 13,915 2,379 Mauritius … … … 511 863 8,936 6,734 2,202 New Zealand … … … 425 857 53,746 56,387 -2,641 Nigeria … … … 2,723 4,839 27,988 20,037 7,951 Pakistan … … … 17,213 11,506 63,626 36,447 27,179 †Rhodesia and Nyasaland … … … 210 468 14,416 13,059 1,357 Sierra Leone … … … 29 200 4,145 4,087 58 *Southern Rhodesia … … … 28 84 3,041 3,048 -7 Tanzania … … … 58 384 7,019 5,982 1,037 Trinidad and Tobago … … … 313 1,283 14,840 12,882 1,958 Uganda … … … 26 446 5,972 4,982 990 *Zambia … … … — 31 314 364 -50 Others … … … 624 2,205 16,056 13,266 2,790 TOTAL … … … 49,951 84,569 955,754 811,752 144,002 * From 1st July, 1964. † Up to 30th June, 1964. 312W
2. ESTIMATES OF THE NET BALANCE OF IMMIGRATION From 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 (First 6 months) West Indies 27,550 29,800 23,000 15,000 16,400 49,650 66,300 31,800 India 5,800 5,600 6,600 6,200 2,950 5,900 23,750 19,050 Pakistan 1,850 2,050 5,200 4,700 850 2,500 25,100 25,080 Cyprus 3,450 2,750 1,450 2,700 400 3,200 6,850 3,150 West African territories 1,500 2,000 2,200 950 750 -500 5,450 6,630 East African territories 700 700 650 400 150 250 2,650 1,980 Hong Kong 300 550 900 200 450 500 2,150 2,160 Others 1,550 3,400 2,400 -300 -350 -3,800 4,150 5,050 TOTAL 42,700 46,850 42,400 29,850 21,600 57,700 136,400 94,900 A minus sign denotes a net outward movement.