Synopsis
Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after being expelled from Uganda by dictator Idi Amin.
- Programme: A Very British History
- Series: 1
- Episode: Ugandan Asians
- Channel: BBC One East Midlands
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Sociology
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