Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain: Oral Histories 1930s-Present Day

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Biography -- Introduction -- 1 "If then, why not now?" Blanca Stern (née Schreiber) and Necha (Natalie) Gluck (née Dux) who arrived from Austria, aged eight and ten respectively, in 1938 -- 2 No man's land Duncan Ross who arrived from India, aged eight, in 1956 -- 3 Precious cargo Argun Imamzade who arrived from Cyprus, aged fourteen, in 1964 -- 4 Following mum to the 'motherland' Richard Lue and Roberta who arrived, aged seven and eight respectively, from Jamaica in 1964 -- 5 "I much prefer roasted rat" Maurice Nwokeji who arrived, aged nine, from Nigeria, in 1970 -- 6 The Battle of Brick Lane Six young people who arrived from East Pakistan, subsequently Bangladesh, aged eleven to sixteen, between 1969 and 1973 -- 7 A Pakistani Scot with a Mid-Atlantic drawl Zohra who arrived from Pakistan in 1975 -- 8 Out of her depth Linh Vu who arrived, aged seven, from Vietnam in 1979 -- 9 A child soldier who knew too much Henry Bran who arrived, aged seventeen, from El Salvador in 1981 -- 10 "Caught in a flow of water" Eylem Binboga who arrived, aged twelve, from Turkey in 1987 -- 11 Love of the motherland Ahmed Ali, originally from Somaliland, who arrived, aged eleven, via Djibouti in 2004 -- Said who arrived, aged sixteen, from Somalia in 2012 -- 12 Girl power - finding a talent and following a dream Bilqis who arrived from Yemen as a teenager in 2005 and Nimo Jama who arrived, aged fifteen, from Somaliland, in 2009 -- 13 On her own Mariam who arrived, aged sixteen, from Guinea in 2006 -- 14 "Home is where the love is" Yosef, originally from Eritrea, who arrived aged sixteen, in 2011 -- 15 Seeking sanctuary on a Scottish Island Syrian children who arrived from Lebanon, aged six to sixteen, on the Isle of Bute, Scotland in 2015.