Peoples & MigrationThe 1970s

Peoples & Migration in the 1970s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 1970s — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1971 to 1972. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1971
Latest
1972
Africa
1
North America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. North America

    Canada

    Official multiculturalism policy

    Canada became the first country to adopt multiculturalism as official government policy, within a bilingual framework, recognising the contributions of diverse cultural communities.

    Era: Modern Canada — multiculturalism, patriation, and reconciliation

    Sources: Canadian Multiculturalism Policy, 1971 · Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Canadian Multiculturalism Act · The Canadian Encyclopedia

  2. Africa

    Uganda

    Expulsion of the Asian community

    Amin orders the roughly 80,000 South Asians in Uganda to leave within about ninety days, seizing their property and businesses and devastating the economy.

    Era: Idi Amin and the War that Ousted Him

    Sources: Expulsion of Asians from Uganda · Wikipedia, Ugandan Asians: 50 years since their expulsion from Uganda · UK House of Lords Library