Brazilians in the United Kingdom
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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Brazilian-born residents 52,148 (2011 Census) Other population estimates 200,000 (untoldLondon 2006 estimate) 200,000 (QMUL 2007 estimate) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| London (in particular Bayswater, Brent, Harlesden, Kensal Green and Willesden Green) • Brighton • King's Lynn • Edinburgh • Great Yarmouth • Manchester • Liverpool | |
| Languages | |
| English (British English) • Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese) | |
| Religion | |
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Predominantly: Protestantism, Candomblé, Quimbanda, Umbanda, Irreligion |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Brazilian diaspora • Latin American Britons • Portuguese Britons • Mediterranean • Greek Britons • Italian Britons • Brazilian Australian |
Predominantly:
Roman Catholicism
Brazilians in the United Kingdom (Portuguese: Brasileiros no Reino Unido) including Brazilian-born immigrants to the UK and their British-born descendants form the single largest Latin American group in the country. The community has seen a rapid growth in size over recent years, with the number of people born in Brazil resident in the UK increasing by almost 700% between 1991 and 2009.
Brazilians came to the UK from the 1980s onwards to study, but once they arrived some discovered that the major cities (in particular London's) ethnic and cultural diversity offered more professional opportunities. In part, this immigration of Brazilians to the UK is a consequence of the economic possibility of travel.
The Brazilian community of the UK was brought into the global spotlight in 2005 as a result of the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. Menezes was a Brazilian national living and working in Tulse Hill, south London who on the morning of 22 July 2005 was misidentified as Hamdi Adus Isaac—one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts. This misidentification ultimately lead to a number of non-uniformed Metropolitan Police officers following Menezes into and onto a train, where he was shot in the head seven times. The "shoot to kill" policy had been put in place after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The inquest that resulted was followed worldwide including by Menezes's family in Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, who set up the "Justice4Jean" campaign.
The 1991 Census recorded 9,301 Brazilian born people in the UK, and the 2001 Census recorded 15,215. In 2004, the Brazilian Consulate in London had 13,000 Brazilians registered as living in the UK.Office for National Statistics estimates suggest that there were 60,000 Brazilian-born people resident in the UK in 2009. The 2011 Census recorded 50,570 Brazilian-born residents in England and Wales.
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