Blackbird: The Podcast

The NHS and South Asian Migration: A Co-dependency


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Anna Cáceres, a researcher in history and radio host, breaks down the growth in hostility over migration from the British "Commonwealth" over the 20th Century, with a special focus on the formation of the National Health Service (NHS) and the phenomenon of 'medical migration' from South Asia to the UK. She also discusses the various discriminations faced by South Asian medical migrants in the UK, highlighting discriminatory laws and policies put in action to ensure South Asian and coloured migration was restricted on the basis of racial profiling.

Anna also describes her own journey as a first-generation migrant in three different countries, her academic journey, and her EHFM radio show 'Militant Empathy.'



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