In 1970, the federal Cabinet adopted an “Oppressed Minority” policy that permitted the resettlement of individuals who did not meet the UN definition of a convention refugee, because they had not fled their homeland. The policy was used in the fall of 1972 when over 80,000 Ugandan Asians were expelled by President Idi Amin and given 90 days to leave the country. The federal government successfully resettled over 7,000 Ugandan Asians in 1972-1973.