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==Emigration From Uganda== | ==Emigration From Uganda== | ||
*Uganda Diaspora refers to about 1.5 million Ugandans (according to the UN Human Development Report of 2009) who left Uganda from the early 1970s—during the dictatorship reign of Idi Amin (to escape persecution and death)--to the current time "in search for better social and economic opportunities." | *Uganda Diaspora refers to about 1.5 million Ugandans (according to the UN Human Development Report of 2009) who left Uganda from the early 1970s—during the dictatorship reign of Idi Amin (to escape persecution and death)--to the current time "in search for better social and economic opportunities." | ||
*''' | *In early August 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of his country's '''Asian minority'''. At the time of the expulsion, there were about '''80,000 individuals of Indian descent (mostly Gujaratis)''' in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had their applications for citizenship both processed and accepted. Although the latter were ultimately exempted from the expulsion, many chose to leave voluntarily. | ||
<ref>" | *Many of those expelled were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and 27,2021 emigrated to the United Kingdom. Others went to Commonwealth countries such as '''Australia, South Africa, Canada, and Fiji, or to India, Kenya, Pakistan, Sweden, Tanzania, and the United States.''' <ref>"Idi Amin". in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin, accessed 1 August 2021.</ref> | ||
==Records of Uganda Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Uganda Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||