Belarusians in the United Kingdom

[1] The 2011 census recorded 4,031 Belarus-born people resident in England, 102 in Wales,[2] 211 in Scotland[3] and 62 in Northern Ireland.

Belarusians or Byelorussians have been researched, and written of academically and journalistically, as a distinct ethnic group within the United Kingdom.

[5] According to researcher Natallia Hardzijenka, the first significant wave of immigration from Belarus to the UK took place in late 19th and the beginning of 20th century.

Many of the Belarusians who resettled in Britain during this period were registered or counted as Polish people, despite being ethnic East Slavs.

This was due to Belarus not yet being considered an independent nation, and therefore the Belarusian ethnic group was similarly disregarded in statistics.

Plaque in Saint Helier in memory of people of Belarus, who lost their lives in Jersey during the Second World War
Sign at the Belarusian religious mission in London