IMMIGRATION QUOTAS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17181, 11 February 1930, Page 8

IMMIGRATION QUOTAS

SOUTH AFRICAN BILL STRONG CASE MADE OUT (Elec. Tol. Copyright—United Press Assn,) (Received February Jl, 2 p.m.) CAPETOWN, Fell. 10. The Minister of flic Ulterior, quoting examples in America, and Australia, established a strong ease for moving the second reading of the Immigration Restriction .Bill, which aroused si rung protests from Jewish meetings throughout the Union. Dr. Malan showed that the loss of Britishers in the last six years was 1000, while aliens increased by 1400. Contending that the tide of immigration which had beaten on the shores of America was being thrown back to the shores of South Africa, he mentioned that 900,000 from Eastern Europe had applied for admission, but onlv 15,00(1 bad been admitted. The bill proposed no restrictions on British nations, the United States, and Western Europe, while an annual quota of 50 was applied to other countries. The Minister has not followed Australia in fixing an unallotted quota of 1000 a year applying to South Africans domiciled in other countries, lor instance, Boors settled in Argentina, and also experts to start, industries. The Minister described criticisms that admissions should be based on qualifications of diameter, and not of (he country of origin, as postively mischievous, ami stressed every nation’s right to control its destiny by controlling its composition. The Leader of the Opposition moved to refer tho bill to a Select Commit toe. V