| 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) |
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Eritreans in the United Kingdom or Eritrean Britons are an Eritrean immigrants to the United Kingdom as well as their descendants.
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]
- ^ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ a b "2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Country of Birth - Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Phase two - Combinations of Census 2021 data". www.ons.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Sturge, Georgina (6 March 2019). Asylum Statistics (PDF) (Report). Briefing paper. House of Commons Library. p. 12. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "On thin evidence, Britain declares its biggest source of refugees safe after all". The Economist. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.