Tanzanians in the United Kingdom

[1] During the 1970s a large percentage of the nation's South Asian community were forced out, with ultimately 50,000 seeking refuge in the UK and Canada.

[2] Despite being in general more peaceful than some of its neighbouring nations, Tanzania has been known for significant amounts of political unrest during election periods.

[2] This each time has forced many youths to flee the nation,[2] with the UK being a popular choice of destination due to its already long established Tanzanian diaspora[citation needed] which is the largest on earth.

[3] In the 2011 census, 34,798 people born in Tanzania were recorded as living in England, 439 in Wales,[4] 681 in Scotland[5] and 76 in Northern Ireland.

Community organisations have put the figure of Tanzanians in the UK at roughly 100,000, with the vast majority of these located in the British capital.

[2] Within London, the largest concentration of Tanzanians can be found in the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Lewisham, Hackney and Camden.

[2] Birmingham in the West Midlands follows with an estimated 4,500-5,000 residents of Tanzanian origin, some 3,500-4,000 individuals live in Reading, the figure for Manchester is slightly lower at 3,000-3,500.

[2] The majority of Tanzanian people in the UK, are ethnically Black African although a significant proportion of the population, like the Ugandan British community are of Asian origin seeking political refuge in the 1960s and 1970s.