Migrants change; their old and new lands change too.
Liz Truss’s government is considering a freedom of movement agreement with India as part of a trade deal.
As you know, it is 50 years since we Ugandan Asians were exiled en masse by the dictator Idi Amin. In, my recent Radio4 documentary, I investigated what happened next, here and back in Uganda. You can listen to it onThat back story has led me to contemplate migration, an urge or necessity, that goes back to the beginning of human time on earth.
Ugandan Asian corner shops led to the extended shopping hours we now take for granted. Recycling, mending and salvaging stuff is now trendy. “But we were there a long time ago”, says Mohandas, now 90. “Timpsons is everywhere. But when we opened our mending shop, they were not there.” A large number of the exiles have accumulated wealth and become enthusiastic Tories. They are seen as the perfect immigrants.
Uganda has gone through extraordinary transformations. Until 1972, Ugandan Asians owned the businesses and kept black people out. Now black owned businesses – many run by women – are thriving. It’s full of heart-stopping information. Between 2002 and 2013, 8,200 women died of heart disease because of misdiagnoses. And yet women with various heart conditions are still chronically misdiagnosed and sufferers are 50 per cent more likely to receive a wrong diagnosis even when they’re having a heart attack. Consequently, they have a 79 per cent higher chance of dying.
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