Sir Samuel Hoare was asked yes-Yerday when, in view of the large numbers of unemployed in Britain, he intended to stop the influx of aliens into the country.
Replying, Sir Samuel Hoare said "The policy of selection and control which has been adopted is designed to meet the difficulty referred to. Provided care is taken in the application of this policy it is possible to admit a number of refugees without aggravating the unemployment problem. For example, women can be admitted to domestic employment.
"Again, foreigners admitted into this country during the past few years have started new industries which have given employment to a considerable number of British people."
Cheers greeted Mr. Duncan Sandys' supplementary question: "Is it not a fact that the entire country is behind the Government in this humanitarian work A third party of young refugees mostly from Austria, arrived at Harwich yesterday. The party was made up of 350 boys and girls whose ages ranged from three to seventeen years of age. Two hundred boys will go to a camp at Lowestoft, while the remaining 150 girls will go to Dover-Wireless through Reu-
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