During Great Britain’s Colonialism the most importand colony was India. But not only the Britain’s lived in India. Today many people from India and Pakistan live in Great Britain. Well, they don’t rule GB as the Britain’s ruled their countries, but at least they are living there.
The table below (1998) gives an idea of the distribution of ethnic minority groups in some of the different regions of Great Britain. Figures given are in thousands.
|
REGION; COUNTRY |
BLACK-CARIBBEAN |
BLACK-AFRICAN |
INDIAN |
PAKISTANI |
CHINESE |
|
NORTH EAST |
1 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
5 |
|
NORTH WEST and MERSEYSIDE |
20 |
14 |
64 |
105 |
21 |
|
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE |
22 |
7 |
53 |
112 |
6 |
|
LONDON |
290 |
289 |
399 |
107 |
58 |
|
ENGLAND |
496 |
347 |
929 |
541 |
147 |
|
REGION; COUNTRY |
BLACK-CARIBBEAN |
BLACK AFRICAN |
INDIAN |
PAKISTANI |
CHINESE |
|
WALES |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
ENGLAND & WALES |
499 |
350 |
932 |
544 |
153 |
|
SCOTLAND |
2 |
4 |
12 |
24 |
13 |
|
GREAT BRITAIN |
501 |
353 |
944 |
568 |
166 |
Source: http://elt.britcoun.org.pl/elt/s_fco.htm
