Eritreans in the United Kingdom

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Eritreans in the United Kingdom
Total population
Eritrean-born residents
17,705 (2011 Census)
24,812 (2021 Census)
Regions with significant populations
London, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England
Languages
Tigrinya, Tigre, English, Kunama Nara, Saho, Bilen, Afar
Religion
Eritrean Orthodox, Sunni Islam, animism (traditional African Religions)

Eritreans in the United Kingdom or Eritrean Britons are an Eritrean immigrants to the United Kingdom as well as their descendants.

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The 2001 Census recorded 6,561 Eritrean-born people residing in the UK. [1] According to the 2011 UK Census, there were 16,921 Eritrean-born residents in England, 361 in Wales, [2] 399 in Scotland, [3] and 24 in Northern Ireland. [4] Of this total of 17,705 Eritrean-born residents, 10,198 lived in Greater London, 1,977 in the West Midlands, 1,901 in Yorkshire and the Humber and 1,249 in North West England. [2] According to the 2021 UK census, there were 24,812 Eritrean-born residents in the UK. [5]

Many Eritreans arrive in the United Kingdom as refugees; between 2006 and 2008 and in 2014, Britain received more Eritrean asylum-seekers than any other nationality. [6] [7]

Criminality

In 2025, 26.3 per cent of Eritreans living in Scotland were estimated to be in prison. [8]

Notable individuals

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Country of Birth - Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Phase two - Combinations of Census 2021 data". www.ons.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Sturge, Georgina (6 March 2019). Asylum Statistics (PDF) (Report). Briefing paper. House of Commons Library. p. 12. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "On thin evidence, Britain declares its biggest source of refugees safe after all". The Economist . 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Almost half of Scotland’s foreign prisoners come from just three countries Simon Johnson, The Daily Telegraph (30 July 2025) Archived August 1, 2025, at archive.today


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