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Arabs and Arabic-Speakers in the UK
Arabs and Arabic Speaking British subjects have been recognised as an
ethnic group in their own right in the 2011 census.
Following work done over the past three years by NABA, it is proposed
(pending Parliament's approval) that
there will be a separate box in the ethnicity section of the 2011 Census
form for 'Arabs'. This means that Arabs will no longer need to identify
themselves as 'Other' in the ethnicity section. NABA's efforts over the
past few years to achieve the recognition of ' Arabs' and Arabic speaking
people as a separate entity within the ethnic profile question has finally
borne fruit and should now open the way for this to be duplicated in other
official formats. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the hard
work of our secretary, Cllr Mrs Maureen Jalili who represented NABA on the
Special Advisory Committee set up by the ONS (Office of National
Statistics).
NABA now calls upon all interested organisations, community groups and
media to help in promoting this to their members / audiences and support
Arabic speaking people in explaining the new Census form and spread the
message to encourage Arabs and Arabic speaking people to use this facility
in 2011.
NABA has worked for the past five years to ensure that 'Arab' is now
classified under the ethnicity section. This is to ensure that Arabs are
counted in the UK as a separate entity. This also means that once it has
been included in the Census, it should then start to appear on other
ethnicity forms. It also means that we can make the knowledge we gain on
numbers of Arabs in the UK for the planning of health, education,
employment etc.
You can contact NABA
administration:
admin@naba.org.uk
media@naba.org.uk
or
News@britisharabs.org.uk
Study on the Arab in the UK by Faisal Al-Yafai (pdf file)
Seminar for Arabian Studies July 2010 click link
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