Kurdish British
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| Kurdish British
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| Total population |
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Up to 80,000[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Dewsbury, London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool |
| Languages |
| British English, Kurdish, some Arabic, Persian or Turkish known as well. |
| Religions |
| Muslim |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Kurdish people, Iranian People |
Kurdish British refers to people born or raised in the United Kingdom who are of Kurdish origin.
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[edit] Population and settlement
Kurds came to Britain in large numbers 20 years ago, mostly from Iraq and Turkey, where they fled the suppression of their language and culture. But a small minority came from Iran too. [2] Marking Newroz, or new year, is not just a calendar date but a political act, because until recently Kurdish Newroz was forbidden in Turkey. Estimates vary about the number of Kurds in the UK between 30,000 and 80,000.[3] There have been some tensions in Dewsbury, a town with an unusually large Kurdish population, with the Pakistani community.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- London Kurdish Film Festival
- Kurdish Human Rights Project
- Re-assessing what we collect - Kurdish London
