§ Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the immigration and estimated emigration figures for the latest available monthly period, broken down according to the country of origin or destination.
§ Mr. LaneIn December 1972, the totals of Commonwealth citizens subject to immigration control and of foreign passengers who were admitted to, and embarked from, the United Kingdom for all purposes were as follows:
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COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS Admitted Embarked Associated States 135 145 Australia 10,500 9,474 Bangladesh 698 349 Barbados 200 758 Botswana 21 9 Canada 13,062 11,172 Cyprus 884 691 Gambia 25 18 Ghana 723 902 Gibraltar 135 122 Guyana 324 449 Hong Kong 971 669 India 4,887 4,388 Jamaica 1,201 3,473 Kenya 789 500 Lesotho 16 5 Malawi 23 22 Malaysia 1,424 1,102 Malta 1,071 643 Mauritius 721 702 New Zealand 2,187 2,332 Nigeria 1,368 1,757 Pakistan 3,085 2,988 Rhodesia 20 3 Sierra Leone 126 131 Singapore 621 730 Sri Lanka 526 518 Swaziland 6 4 Tanzania 340 263 Trinidad and Tobago 492 628 Uganda 230 181 Zambia 142 198 United Kingdom passport holders from East Africa and India 1,697 195 All other territories 667 729 Total 49,317 46,250 Foreign nationals Europe: Austria 3,423 3,642 Baltic States — 2 Belgium 16,768 16,248 Czechoslovakia 707 852
Admitted Embarked Denmark 6,183 7,029 Finland 1,896 2,188 France 54,604 53,236 Germany 35,234 33,839 Greece 5,406 6,037 Hungary 752 683 Italy 20,234 20,410 Luxembourg 286 314 Netherlands 35,168 33,765 Norway 5,808 7,209 Poland 1,996 1,853 Portugal 5,424 4,818 Rumania 270 276 Spain 9,838 13,751 Sweden 10,791 11,675 Switzerland 8,845 11,664 Turkey 2,024 2,217 USSR 295 331 Yugoslavia 1,929 2,887 Other European countries 794 1,227 Non-Europe: Argentina 1,185 1,082 Brazil 2,116 2,096 Burma 28 38 Chile 411 442 China 75 71 Colombia 512 616 Cuba 84 88 Indonesia 404 487 Iran 3,791 4,196 Iraq 420 414 Israel 2,642 2,844 Japan 8,289 9,319 Lebanon 1,102 1,199 Mexico 1,109 1,621 Peru 335 427 South Africa 12,107 10,157 United Arab Republic 1,641 1,798 USA 85,675 85,373 Venezuela 766 1,186 Other American countries 848 1,053 Other non-European countries 6,657 6,735 German Democratic Republic — 1 Undetermined nationality 2,915 2,852 Total 361,787 370,221