The 4,500 Holocaust survivors on board were not allowed to enter Palestine.

In the first month after the end of the conference over 1,700 Jewish illegal immigrants entered Palestine.

Meanwhile the light horse had entered southern Palestine.

About 50,000 people ended up in camps, more than 1,600 drowned at sea, and only a few thousand actually entered Palestine.

The camp was established to prevent Jewish refugees from entering Palestine.

It allowed for a total of only 75,000 Jews to enter Palestine over a five-year period.

By the end of the year the advance had crossed the Sinai and entered Palestine.

In 1939 the British had imposed a limit of 75,000 Jews who could enter Palestine over the next five years.

Over 100,000 people attempted to illegally enter Palestine.

Only a few thousand actually entered Palestine.