which article of the mandate prohibits the restrictions.
When Mr. Janner asked the Colonial Secretary, whether the same ruling applied to Jewish immigration into Transjordania, Sir Philip made no reply.
The British cabinet member declared that altogether 4,000 Arabs entered Palestine from Syria and Transjordania in the years between 1922 and 1931. He was unable to state, however, the Arab immigration figures for the last two years.
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