| The underworld teems with the flotsam of empire: lascars, Irishmen and so on, the undesirables of many nations. |
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| I had to hold back on Queen Victoria and even on Gandhi, while allowing the voices of ayahs and lascars compete for centre stage. |
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| By 1842, 3,000 lascars visited the UK annually, and by 1855, 12,000 lascars were arriving annually in British ports. |
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| At the beginning World War I, there were 51,616 South Asian lascars working on British ships, the majority of whom were of Bengali descent. |
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| The production of goods and Glasgow's busy port meant that many lascars were employed there. |
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| Due to the majority of early South Asian immigrants being lascars, the earliest South Asian communities were found in port towns. |
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| Although, the comparatively few lascars that gained work often opened shops and helped initiate social and political community associations. |
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| Between 1803 and 1813, there were more than 10,000 lascars from the Indian subcontinent visiting British port cities and towns. |
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| With origins throughout the lands bordering the Indian Ocean, from Mozambique to Malaya, Lascars had been employed by the East India Company for centuries. |
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