August 4, 2022 will be an important day for many Ugandans, Britons, Canadians, Indians, and countless others across the globe. It will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the day Idi Amin, the former president of Uganda, expelled Ugandan Asians from Uganda.

On August 4, 1972, Amin forced approximately 80,000 Ugandan Asians to leave Uganda within 90 days. They were not allowed to take anything with them, having been ordered to walk out empty handed.

Most Ugandan Asians had British passports; therefore, they went to either Britain or Canada. Others went to South Asia, and some ended up elsewhere in Europe. Some did not make it anywhere at all and were left unaccounted for.