Yemenis in the United Kingdom

Yemenis in the United Kingdom
Total population
70,000 - 80,000[1]
0.13% of the UK's population
Regions with significant populations
England
South Shields, Birmingham, Sheffield, London, Liverpool, Hull, Middlesbrough, Manchester
Wales
Cardiff, Swansea, Newport
Languages
Yemeni Arabic, British English
Religion
Predominantly Islam; minority Judaism

Yemenis in the United Kingdom or Yemeni Britons include citizens and non-citizen immigrants in the United Kingdom of Yemeni ancestry, as well as their descendants. Yemenis have been present in the UK since at least the 1860s, with the first Yemenis arriving as sailors and dock workers in the port cities of Northern England and Wales, and despite a smaller population than other British Muslim groups, are likely the longest-established Muslim group in the United Kingdom, with many of these cities retaining a Yemeni population going back several generations.[1]

  1. ^ a b "History of Islam in the United Kingdom". BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-11.