https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th Leah Wilhelm & Mia Caldonetti en-us 2022-10-03 14:28:19 UTC 2025-03-15 21:55:58 UTC hello@padlet.com lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325791479 In the 1970’s nearly 60,000 Ugandan Asians were expelled from the country by President Idi Amin. Many immigrated to nearby countries. ]]> 2022-10-04 14:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325791479 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325792224 2022-10-04 14:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325792224 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325799004 Ugandan Asians were expelled from Uganda by their president Idi Amin. ]]> 2022-10-04 14:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325799004 mcaldonetti https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325801866 2022-10-04 14:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325801866 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325802427 Ugandan Asians did not have a choice to stay in Uganda, for it would put their health and well being in danger. ]]> 2022-10-04 14:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325802427 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325818169 Ugandan Indians were drawn to the U.K after many were expelled by President Amin. India was under British rule for a very long time, this resulted in many Indians having relatives  living in the UK and even some having British passports themselves. This drew them to follow their “kin”.]]> 2022-10-04 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325818169 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325824099 President Amin sought asylum in Saudi Arabia in the mid 1980’s due to the revolt against his regime. ]]> 2022-10-04 14:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325824099 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325835353 President Amin became a major general under President Obote. He led an attack on the king of Buganda. Prime Minister Abadi told the Bugandans that were arming themselves to let dow their weapons to not seem like a threat. Amin used excessive force that left hundreds of people dead, property destroyed, and the king fled.]]> 2022-10-04 14:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325835353 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325851321 After Amin died of organ failure many of the immigrants returned to Uganda. ]]> 2022-10-04 14:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325851321 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325854573 Migrants moved to Kenya ( 399.79 mi), Pakistan (3,144 mi), and India (3,412 mi).]]> 2022-10-04 14:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2325854573 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327826736 For more than 25 years London had a massive population decline, the population started to increase again around the early 1970s which could be linked to the massive population of Asians escaping from Uganda to the UK. It seemed more of the migrants sought refuge in the major city of London. ]]> 2022-10-05 15:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327826736 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327851907 Once again in this specific example, this law does not apply. Many families escaped Amin for the sake of their children and because it was forced migration it didn't matter whether or not they had families, if they were Asian they were forced to leave or they would die. The expulsion was based on nationality and not random.]]> 2022-10-05 15:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327851907 lwilhelm8 https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327860000 Although most Ugandan Asians left the country, about 4,000 stayed in the country and were considered refugees. ]]> 2022-10-05 15:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327860000 mcaldonetti https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327866259 In this specific example, this law does not apply. Indians made up less than 1% of Uganda's population and more than 65% of the country's annual tax revenues. Indians in Uganda were more commonly in the city for work and living due to there above-average wealth. The richest man in Uganda at the time was Indian and lived in the city.]]> 2022-10-05 15:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilhelm8/u8ws2tnfhcc7m0th/wish/2327866259