ABSTRACT
The failure of the Zionist Organisation during the first year of Civil Administration to raise sufficient funds for the economic absorption of immigrants, most of whom were without independent means, finally brought about a radical change in immigration policy. The question of immigration was at the centre of events right from the very beginning of the outbreaks. Settling the immigration question was a far more delicate and complicated matter. Despite heavy Arab pressure in favour of suspending immigration immediately, Herbert Samuel would not give in. The unofficial stoppage of immigration did not completely satisfy the Arabs, who pressed for an official proclamation on the suspension of immigration. Out of 2,000 in possession of British visas only 300 came to be interviewed, which confirmed Morris's assumption that the disturbances in Palestine and suspension of immigration had an entirely different effect on Jews in their homes, than on those already en route.
