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Story summary
- Idi Amin expelled Uganda’s Asian community in 1972, forcing families to flee.
- Amin’s regime used harassment, checkpoints, curfews and secret-police brutality to drive Asians out.
- Asian families queued at the British consulate in Kampala for settlement papers and exit tickets.
- The UK rescued some expelled Ugandans but faced heavy criticism for its response.