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British Embassy Reported on Burma’s New Immigration Laws 1958 on January 21, 1958 to South-East Asia Department, Foreign Office, London, S.W.1, UK. It was reported that the Burmese Government had set up a new Ministry of Immigration on June 1, 1957, with Sao Tun Aye, a Shan A.F.P.F.L. politician, as Minister. His responsibilities are to administer all laws relating to immigration, citizenship, national registration, foreigners’ registration and laws covering the transfer of immoveable property insofar as they affect foreigners. To perform these tasks the Ministry have already engaged about 500 civil servants and propose to build up to a total staff of 1,200. The most important department from the point of view of national policy is the Foreigner’s Registration Department and this was taken over by the new Ministry only on January 1 of this year. We understand that it is in a state of total chaos.
