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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many stowaways are known to have landed in Britain since the end of the war; and from what countries they have come.
From 7th August, 1945, to 31st March, 1950, 1,653 alien stowaways and from 1st January, 1946, to 31st March, 1950, 2,141 British stowaways arrived in the United Kingdom. I will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT tables showing the nationality of the alien stowaways and the territories from which the British stowaways came.
Are the British stowaways repatriated to the place from which they came?
They are in certain cases.
Could the Home Secretary say how many British stowaways have left Britain since 1945?
That is not a matter that comes within the scope of my Department.
Following are the tables:
| ALIEN STOWAWAYS | |
7th August, 1945, to 31st March, 1950
| |
| Austrian | 2 |
| Belgian | 10 |
| Brazilian | 1 |
| Chinese | 2 |
| Cuban | 2 |
| Czech | 9 |
| Danish | 9 |
| Dutch | 56 |
| Egyptian | 14 |
| Estonian | 2 |
| Finnish | 110 |
| French | 58 |
| German | 85 |
| Greek | 35 |
| Hungarian | 20 |
| Italian | 10 |
| Yugoslav | 5 |
| Latvian | 1 |
| Mexican | 2 |
| Norwegian | 20 |
| Polish | 130 |
| Portuguese | 265 |
| Roumanian | 36 |
| Russian | 3 |
| Spanish | 291 |
| Swedish | 21 |
| Swiss | 4 |
| Turkish | 3 |
| U.S.A. | 30 |
| Other Europeans | 14 |
| Central American | 20 |
| Other non-European nationals | 42 |
| Stateless or nationality doubtful | 341 |
| Total | 1,653 |
| STOWAWAYS CLAIMING TO BE BRITISH | |||
1st January, 1946, to 31st March, 1950
| |||
| From: | |||
| Aden and Yemen | … | … | 38 |
| Bahamas | … | … | 1 |
| Barbados | … | … | 18 |
| Bermuda | … | … | 2 |
| British Guiana | … | … | 15 |
| British Somaliland | … | … | 64 |
| East Africa | … | … | 10 |
| Gambia | … | … | 153 |
| Gold Coast | … | … | 299 |
| Jamaica | … | … | 374 |
| Kenya | … | … | 10 |
| Nigeria | … | … | 426 |
| Sierra Leone | … | … | 263 |
| Trinidad | … | … | 26 |
| Other territories | … | … | 442 |
| Total | 2,141 | ||