2009/10/22 Carvalho <[email protected]> > When in the 1960s, Goans from East Africa starting coming into the UK, the > UK instituted a voucher system for them. These looked like identity cards. > If anyone has one of these vouchers, I would be eternally grateful if they > could scan it and mail it to be me. > > Also if anyone has a very old visa stamped for the Trucial states of the > Arabian Gulf and they feel like scanning it and mailing it to me, I would be > much obliged. > > Any other memorabilia such as flyers or posters pertaining to the 50s or > 60s of the Goan Diaspora would be lovely and welcome. > > best, > selma > > > > RESPONSE: Up until 1968 there was no voucher system. I think this came into being after a cut off date. There was panic that the door were being closed and 27 flights a day left Nairobi for the U.K. People just upped and came.
Check this out:- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QU_yPk0koH8C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=Asian+exodus+into+U.K.+in+1968&source=bl&ots=DgpoHfDtAT&sig=3U5bBv7-LGYux4ncUl0PQhJ63bA&hl=en&ei=mTXgSv7aOOWNjAfpl6GlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Asian%20exodus%20into%20U.K.%20in%201968&f=false -- DEV BOREM KORUM.
