1972 - Uganda Expels Indians

---------------------------------------- MigInfo ---------------------------------------- 1972 - Uganda Expels Indians Intakes UK             27,200 Canada        6,000 India            4,500 Kenya           2,500 W. Germany  1,000 Malawi          1,000 Pakistan        1,000 USA              1,000 Australia       some Austria        some Sweden        some Norway        some Mauritius     some NZ               some *20,000 unaccounted Some expelled = Nizari Ismaili Muslims Canada (friend of Aga Khan) takes thousands Uganda state obtained control of largest enterprises of dispossessed Indians expelled Many were in tailoring & banking businesses employed by British / Indians were a 1% minority that received one-fifth of the national income / lived gated communities Idi Amin sought to Africanise economy. / also pissed that British denied him arms to invade Tanzania August 1972 - Indians given 90 days to leave. Indians were brought to Uganda by British Empire from British India to do clerical work or unskilled & semi-skilled labour (eg construction or farm work) 1890s - Britain brought 32,000 labourers to work Uganda Railway / most returned home - 6,724 remained Therefore in about 80 years 6,724 persons became:  44,200 - known numbers accepted 20,000 - unaccounted for persons u/k       - unknown numbers accepted ---------- 64,200  Total in 80 years How is that even possible? The numbers should be  general warning re immigrant intakes, as small numbers do not remain small https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Uganda ---------------------------------------- COMMENT The population shuffling that takes place has more to do with political elite interests and empire building (historic and present) and motives, than it does with humanitarianism or domestic population considerations. While rescue events such as this are beneficial to those that are accepted, it is not beneficial in the long-term to those that wish to maintain the integrity, character and primacy of indigenous European societies or European societies elsewhere. ---------------------------------------- Europa-Evropa