Saima Nasar
Dr. Saima Nasar is lecturer in the History of Africa and its Diasporas at the University of Bristol. She is a social and cultural historian who works on histories of race, empire and immigration.
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When Uganda Expelled Its Asian Population in 1972, Britain Tried to Exclude Them
Britain’s response to the expulsion of Ugandan Asians 50 years ago has been celebrated as demonstrating great generosity. Yet little is said about Britain’s attempts to prevent Ugandan Asians from coming to Britain, legal cases submitted to the European Commission of Human Rights or the newspaper advertisements taken out to warn Ugandan Asians not to settle in Leicester, even though these people were British passport holders. To say that Ugandan Asians were readily and warmly welcomed in 1970s Britain would be to offer a distorted history of immigration and asylum.