Two hundred and seventy-two thousand aliens are registered in Great Britain, according to an announcement of Sir Joynson Hicks, Home Secretary in Baldwin’s cabinet. There are probably more who are not registered, he reported.
“I cannot understand why we should admit aliens to Great Britain at a time when a million and a quarter Britishers are unemployed”, the Home Secretary declared. “The report concerning the alien question is completed and I intend to take action in the matter, although it is impossible, as well as unfair, to deal harshly with the aliens already resident in Great Britain. However, if they fail to conform with our laws, immediate expulsion will follow”, he stated.
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