ABSTRACT
Following a brief overview of South Asian migration to the UK in the early to mid-twentieth century, the chapter focuses on events in Pakistan in 1984 which compelled the Ahmadi khalifa to relocate to London to live there in exile. The year also marked the start of a rise in the numbers of Ahmadis seeking asylum. Interactions between the Ahmadi jama‘t and the Home Office over asylum matters, how asylum claims are handled and the strategic means by which the Ahmadis keep the plight of Pakistani Ahmadis in the public domain in the diaspora are discussed in relation to human rights reports and parliamentary debates.
