The Archive · 1923

Smuggling of Chinese Into England

London, Nov. 30 Allegations that smuggling of Chinese had become nefarious, as tke smuggled men were practically slaves in the laundries where they were employed, were made by the Liverpool police to-day, when several Chinese were charged with evading registration' under the Aliens' Act. The police alleged that man smuggling had been revived on w large scale. The men were imported through Belgium, Holland and France. One defendant, a laundry pro prietor, was fine £25 for harbouring an unregistered alien.—Reuter.

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