British Pakistanis

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British Pakistanis or Pakistani Britons are Britons or residents of the United Kingdom with ancestral roots in Pakistan. This includes people born in the UK who are of Pakistani descent, Pakistani-born people who have migrated to the UK and those of Pakistani origin from overseas who migrated to the UK. The UK hosts the largest Pakistani community in Europe, with over 1.6 million people recorded in the 2021 Census. British Pakistanis are the second-largest ethnic minority group in the United Kingdom and the second-largest subgroup of British Asians. They also form one of the largest populations within the global Pakistani diaspora, comparable in size to the Pakistani community in the UAE. Migration from regions that now form Pakistan began in small numbers during the 1950s and 1960s, facilitated by Pakistan’s membership of the Commonwealth. Many migrants were recruited to address labour shortages in industries such as textiles, steel, engineering, manufacturing, while others, including...

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