British Pakistani
British Pakistanis are British with Pakistani roots and Pakistanis who immigrated to the United Kingdom . There are around 1.2 million people. The majority of them are Sunni Muslims and mostly come from Kashmir or Punjab . British Pakistanis make up the second largest group of Pakistani migrant workers after the Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia . They form the second largest linguistic minority in Great Britain after the British Indians and are a visible minority , especially in East London with over 100,000 people. The most famous personalities include the politician Sayeeda Warsi , the writer Hanif Kureishi and the songwriter Bat for Lashes .
history
In the middle of the 19th century, today's Pakistan became part of British India . Pakistanis served in the British Indian Army during the world wars. In World War II, about 830,000 Muslims were, many of them British Pakistanis. In the 1950s it was easy for people from the Commonwealth to move to the UK. So Pakistani came to the country and found work in the coal and steel industries. With the decline of the British coal and steel industries, many became unemployed.
present
Pakistanis make up a large proportion of British Muslims .
British Pakistanis were identified as perpetrators in abuse scandal Rotherham , the abuse scandal Telford determined and still another the public moving abuse scandals. In the past, the British press often described the perpetrators as “ Asian men ” - a term that met with criticism. Some believed that in this way the true identity and ethnicity of the perpetrators should be consciously concealed in a misunderstood political correctness . Others complained that people from different races and cultures were being unjustifiably lumped together. The reasons why British Pakistanis were so disproportionately involved in these abuse scandals has been the subject of much discussion in the British public since the Rotherham events became known. British-Pakistani publicists pointed out that not only were "white" British girls abused, but that it was also a problem within the British-Pakistani community where a wall of silence and a culture of shaming victims would prevent it Problem would come up.
On May 5, 2016, Sadiq Khan , a Sunni Muslim and Labor Party politician , whose parents immigrated from Pakistan, was elected London's first Muslim mayor .
According to the 2011 census, the British-Pakistani community was distributed as follows:
| England divided into regions , Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland |
Share of the total British-Pakistani population |
Share in the population of the respective region |
|---|---|---|
| North East England | 1.69% | 0.76% |
| North West England | 16.12% | 2.69% |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 19.23% | 4.28% |
| East Midlands | 4.17% | 1.08% |
| West Midlands | 19.34% | 4.06% |
| East of England | 5.64% | 1.13% |
| London | 19.05% | 2.74% |
| South East England | 8.45% | 1.15% |
| South West England | 0.99% | 0.22% |
| Wales | 1.04% | 0.40% |
| Scotland | 4.24% | 0.93% |
| Northern Ireland | 0.09% | 0.06% |
| All in all | 100% | 1.86% |
literature
- Muhammad Anwar: British Pakistanis: demographic, social and economic position . University of Warwick, Warwick 1996, ISBN 0-948303-59-X .
Individual evidence
- ^ Nadia Mushtaq Abbasi: The Pakistani Diaspora in Europe and Its Impact on Democracy Building in Pakistan. ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2010 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. idea.int (PDF), p. 2, accessed on September 3, 2014
- ↑ Britain's pakistani community. telegraph.co.uk, November 28, 2008, accessed September 3, 2014
- ↑ Helen Pidd: Twelve men sentenced for sexual exploitation of Keighley teenager. The Guardian, February 8, 2016, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- ^ Aylesbury child abuse ring: six men handed long prison terms. The Guardian, September 7, 2015, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Rochdale grooming trial: Nine men jailed. BBC News, May 9, 2012, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Rochdale men jailed for 'appalling and vile' abuse. BBC News, April 8, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 .
- ^ Aisha K. Gill, Karen Harrison, Child Grooming and Sexual Exploitation: Are South Asian Men the UK Media's New Folk Devils? International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 2015 4 (2): 34‐49 ISSN 2202-8005 . PDF ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ruzwana Bashir : The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim. The Guardian, August 29, 2014, accessed February 8, 2016 .
- ↑ 2011 Census, Key Statistics and Quick Statistics for local authorities in the United Kingdom - Part 1. (xls) Retrieved on August 10, 2014 (English).
