Chileans in the United Kingdom
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (Chilean-born residents 7,130 (2011 Census)[1]) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Midlands, South East England, North West England | |
| Languages | |
| English (British English) Spanish (Chilean Spanish) |
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| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholic, Protestantism, Evangelical) |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chilean people • Latin Americans in the United Kingdom • Spaniards in the United Kingdom • Hispanic • Latino • British Chilean |
Chileans in the United Kingdom (Spanish: Chilenos en el Reino Unido) are people of Chilean ancestry living in the United Kingdom, they can be either British citizens or non-citizen immigrants.
History
When approximately 2,500 Chilean exiles (including businessmen, professors, and students) arrived in Great Britain[when?], they were met by a small community of Latin people who were already there. In the 1970s right-wingers fled the Allende administration, and later leftists fled the Pinochet regime. The Chilean community has settled well in the country, and the majority are of European ancestry.[2][3][4][5] The size of the Chilean British population is hard to estimate as many have gone back to Chile, or move fluidly between several places.[6]
Population
According to the 2001 UK Census, 5,131 Chilean-born people were living in the UK,[1] representing just over 8% of the UK's Latin American-born community.
Notable individuals
- Santiago Cabrera, Actor known for playing Isaac Mendez in the popular series Heroes
- Marcela Contreras DBE, Scientist
- Charlotte Lewis, Actress
- Olga Lehmann, 20th-century painter
- George Robledo Oliver, Footballer
- Ted Robledo Oliver, Footballer
- Alexander Witt, Hollywood filmmaker
- Andrés Wood, Film director
- Marcial Echenique, Dean of Architecture at Cambridge University
See also
References
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- ↑ SOCIAL IDENTITY Marta Fierro Social Psychologist.
- ↑ massive immigration of European Argentina Uruguay Chile Brazil
- ↑ Latinoamerica.
- ↑ Diversity news page
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- British people of Chilean descent
- British people of Latin American descent
- Immigration to the United Kingdom by country of origin
- Latin American British
- Chilean diaspora
