How I came to Greenham Common as a Refugee

Event date

02:00pm - 03:30pm, 20th May 2026

Speaker(s)

Pragna Hay

Event type

Speaker Meeting

Pragna Hay

Our May talk is a very personal one, Pragna will tell us how in1972 as a child she became a refugee, with her family, from the tyrannical regime in Uganda.

In 1972, the President of Uganda, announced that ALL Asians living in Uganda MUST leave as they were “milking the economy of Uganda”. Around 80,000 people were displaced, 27,000 to the UK and 4,000 of those to barracks on Greenham Common.

This is a personal story that is still being repeated around the worldtoday.

Location

The event venue address is:

St John's Church,
St John’s Road,
Newbury RG14 7PY
Map of the location: St John's Church Hall, St John’s Road, Newbury RG14 7PY. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Map of the location: St John's Church Hall, St John’s Road, Newbury RG14 7PY. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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