The British Emigration Problem

The emigration which took place to the British colonies in the same period was comparatively inconsiderable, whilst immigration into the U.S.A. amounted to no less than 35 millions, practically all from Europe, and to a very large extent from Great Britain. This emigration has occasioned a complete transformation in the economy of the world. Great Britain&s;s emigration policy shows that emigration since the war has had a tendency to fall off rather than to increase. The delegation had in many cases great difficulty in persuading the authorities in the self-governing dominions of the importance of the proposed emigration. In the emigration of the &s;fifties people emigrated simply because they could not get a livelihood at home. The greatest danger is present when the increase occurs in highly civilized states such as Italy and Japan, whilst other equally civilized countries practise a strict birth-control.