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Pacific Islanders in the United Kingdom
Pacific Islanders in the United Kingdom (Pacific Islander Britons) normally refers to people originating from American Samoa, the Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa. It does not normally refer to people from islands in the Pacific who are considered Oriental and/ or Asian (such as Filipino Britons, Malaysian Britons, Indonesian Britons, and Singaporean Britons of Malay descent although they are Austronesians). People with Pacific Islander ancestry constitute one of the UK's smallest ethnic groups.
BackgroundMany of the Pacific islands are former British Colonies (and the Pitcairn Islands remain a British overseas territory) and now have English as an official language, hence the UK is a popular destination for Pacific Islander migrants. Outside of the large cities, the Pacific Islander communities are largely situated around British Army Infantry bases, where they have been recruited to work for the country for many years (Catterick and Salisbury being the best examples). DemographicsPopulationAs of the 2001 UK Census 0.01% of the British population was born on a Pacific Island (roughly 6,000 people). A slightly larger amount are of Oceanic origin, and the Pacific Islander community is surprisingly widespread. The British Pacific Islander ethnic group is a fastly growing group, as in 1991, there were no records of Pacific Islanders residing in the UK, even thought there was likely to be a small community (probarbly in London and the Army bases). According to the 2001 Census, and estimates from other sources, over 30,000 People of Oceanic and in general Pacific Islander origins live in the UK. However in 2008, due to increasing immigration, and the fact that non indigenous ethnic groups tend to have a younger average age than White British people, the actual numbers could be much, much higher. These may seem small number but it is in fact extremely high in relation to the number of people who actually migrate from the Pacific. The UK has one of the world's largest Pacific Islander communities along with Oceania itself and the United States. DistributionThe most popular regions for Pacific Islanders are (Please note that the above data is only based on 2001 statistics of people born in the Pacific, and in 2008 including ancestry is likely to stand at double to triple the below amounts):
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NotablesThis is a list of notable British citizens or UK residents of Pacific Islander descent.
Pacific Islanders in RugbyPacific Islanders are extremelly sucessful in British Rugby Union and League sides, with some Pacific Islander Rugby players even becoming British citizens.
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