British Passport Holders (Hansard, 9 June 1978)

§ Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in the light of the large numbers of British passport holders now anxious to come to Great Britain on emigration from Zambia, what action he has taken or intends taking to deal with this immigration in order to prevent the problems created at the time of the Ugandan Asian crisis;

(2) following the official statement by the Government of Hong Kong on the large number of legal and illegal immigrants from the mainland of China aggravating the population, housing and employment situation in Hong Kong, what action he has taken, or intends to take, to deal with the exodus of British passport holders from Hong Kong to Great Britain, in order to avoid the problems and difficulties as created by the influx of the Ugandan Asians;

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in the annual Command Papers, the latest of which is "Control of Immigration, Statistics, 1977" (Cmnd. 7160). Table 1(b) gives the total number of admissions to the United Kingdom of nationals of each EEC country, excluding the Republic of Ireland; Table 3(b) shows the number of EEC nationals accepted for settlement on removal of time limit irrespective of their date of admission, and Table 5 gives the numbers who were issued with residence permits.

The following table shows the corresponding information for 1972 and the number of EEC nationals accepted for settlement on arrival. EEC nationals have not been accepted for settlement on arrival since 1st January 1973 and residence permits have been issued to EEC nationals only since that date.

(3) what action he has taken, or intends taking, to assist the immigration of British passport holders now resident in Rhodesia who are expected to emigrate to Great Britain at the end of the year, in order to prevent the problems and difficulties as experienced at the time of the Ugandan Asian problem;

(4) whether, in the light of the large number of Kenyan Asians and other British passport holders who will be entering Great Britain as immigrants, what action he has taken, or intends taking, to prevent difficulties as experienced at the time of the Ugandan Asian immigration into Great Britain.