Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (Kenyan-born residents 129,633 (2001 Census) 203,000 (2009 ONS estimate) 137,492 in England and Wales (2011 census)) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, South East England, East Midlands | |
| Languages | |
| English {British, Kenyan}, Indian Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism |
Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom has been occurring for many decades. As a result, many people in the UK were born in Kenya, or have Kenyan ancestry.
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Background
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Most Kenyans in the UK are ethnically South Asian Kenyans who, like those in Uganda, were forced out during the late 1960s and early 1970s.[1] This community has a substantial cluster in Leicester and London.[2] The most recent growth may now be coming from ethnically black African Kenyans, mirroring wider trends across the continent of economic migration to the richer industrialised nations.[3] There are also a small number of Kenyan-born people who are the children of British civil servants based there before the end of the Empire.[4]
Demographics
The 2001 UK Census recorded 129,633 Kenyan-born British residents.[5] The equivalent figure in 2009 has been estimated at 203,000 by the Office for National Statistics.[6]
The largest proportion of Kenyan-born British residents are found in the capital, London, where around half of the Kenyan-born population in Britain resides. There are also significant populations in the South East and the East Midlands.[7]
Famous Britons born in Kenya
Academia, Medicine and Science
- Richard Dawkins, ethologist, biologist, writer
- Azim Nanji, academic
- Alan Rayner, biologist
- Sir Nilesh Samani, physician
- Sir Tejinder Virdee, physicist
Business, Law and Politics
- Michael Bear, Lord Mayor of London
- Peter Hain, Political campaigner and former cabinet minister
- Baroness Prashar, businesswoman
- Lord Sheikh, businessman, Conservative politician
Music and the Arts
- Khadambi Asalache, poet
- Kamara Bacchus, actress
- Kuljit Bhamra, musician
- Gurinder Chadha, film director
- Nitin Ganatra, actor
- Kulvinder Ghir, comedian
- Tania Harcourt-Cooze, model and actress
- Elspeth Huxley, author, journalist, broadcaster
- Viram Jasani, musician
- Michael Kuhn, film producer
- Charles Mnene, actor
- Deep Roy, actor, stuntman
- Roger Whittaker, musician
- Imran Yusuf, comedian
- Adrian Zagoritis, music producer and songwriter
Sport
- Roger Chapman, golfer
- Jamie Dalrymple, cricketer
- Chris Froome, racing cyclist
- Rajesh Maru, cricketer
- Derek Pringle, cricketer
- Peter Thackeray, cricketer
- Curtis Osano - footballer for Reading F.C.
- Simon Shaw, Rugby Union player
- Anne Wafula Strike, Wheelchair racing
See also
References
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- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/kenya.stm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/kenya.stm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/kenya.stm
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/kenya.stm
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95 per cent confidence intervals.
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