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Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by blackspade(m): 11:53pm On Nov 16, 2008 |
Nigerian British is the term given to describe British people of Nigerian descent. According to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, there are between 800,000 and 3 million people of Nigerian descent in the United Kingdom. Many live in South London. The UK is home to the world's second largest Nigerian community, only behind Nigeria itself. Wetin this about? I didn't know we were in Britain in this many numbers, not all in London, right? |
Re: Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by EloSela(f): 7:04am On Nov 17, 2008 |
Wikipedia is not a reliable source. ![]() Blacks people (including Nigerians born in Nigeria) were around 2% of the UK population (just over 58m) according to the 2001 census and the CIA world fact book. The population, as a whole has only grown by over 1% since that time. This doesn't count illegals though but I doubt that more than 50,000 Nigerian illegals would be able to hide on such a small Island. 1 Like |
Re: Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by blackspade(m): 7:57am On Nov 17, 2008 |
That is not from Wikipedia, but from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. I think the numbers you're talking about are of British citizens, and I think the number I found included British & Nigerian nationals. Do you think it's as high as 3,000,000? |
Re: Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by EloSela(f): 1:44pm On Nov 17, 2008 |
At a guess, going by the 2001 census and my own perceptions living in England, I would estimate there to be less than 1 million Nigerians (including those born abroad) in Britain. 3mill is an over inflated estimation. |
Re: Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by Busybody2(f): 4:26pm On Nov 18, 2008 |
blackspade: I know it is higher than that figure ![]() In 2003, the Department of Health cried out that the level of Nigerians that were using the NHS were 1 in 20 i.e. one in twenty people that uses the NHS were of Nigerian descent, so this put Nigerian population at roughly 3.3 million, hey don't forget this was before the high influx of Nigerians into the country in 2004, which kinda led to the ban placed on the under 30's. Yes, I know that about a-tenth of those, are the ones who just travel abroad to seek medical treatment only, but we all know that once a Nigerian or any other nationality for that matter, is issued with a visa/entry clearance, the next thing on their mind is how they would bring over all their dependants, including the family dogs, cats, etc ![]() ![]() ![]() The DOH tried to bury the incriminating news, but not before contacting airlines that patronised Nigeria, India and Pakistan to screen pregnant women to prevent them from travelling . . . In addition to this, the further out you go in Britain, the less ethnic minority you see, and the less the population of the county is, so can imagine that the second largest city after London is Birrmingham, and they have a population of just over a million people of whom 1 in 3 are ethnic minority,1 in 5 of the population are born outside the UK, and 1 in 2 school children are non-white. They also found that Greater Manchester with a population of around 2.55 million had 1 in 4 Africans, 1 in 5 Indian sub-continent, and 1 in 5 from North America. (Source: DOH 2003/Office for National Statistics - 2006) The yanks are the worst culprit when it comes to countries whose citizens overstay their visa, they also think paying the congestion charge is beneath them and thinks the sun shines out of their arse ![]() |
Re: Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by akinalabi(m): 6:19pm On Nov 18, 2008 |
Naija go reach about 5m for UK o ![]() @ EloSela, Illegals go pass 50,000. I'm sure I know up to 10,000 Naija illegals sef. ![]() |
Re: Up To 3 Million Nigerians In Britan? by chika98: 7:46pm On Nov 18, 2008 |
Na wa oo but i ain't surprised sha. Nigerians full ground for there. |
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