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Kurds in the United Kingdom or British Kurds (Kurdish: کوردانی شانشینی یەکگرتوو, Kurdên Brîtanya) refers to people of Kurdish origin born in or residing in the United Kingdom.

History

Kurdish people first arrived in Britain in large numbers during the 1980s,^[1] mostly from the disputed territories of Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria), many of them fleeing oppression.^[2]

Demography

Population size

According to the Department for Communities and Local Government, drawing on a BBC source, the Kurdish community in the UK numbered around 50,000 in 2002, among which Iraqi Kurds make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from Turkey and Iran.^[3] They have settled across the country, including in major cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and Glasgow.^[4]^[5]

In the 2011 census, "Kurdish" was not one of the predefined tick-box answers for the ethnicity question on the UK Census, but respondents are able to write in their preferred self-designation.^[6]

Detailed census numbers

Region	2011^[7]^[8]^[9]	2021/22^[10]^[11]
Greater London	20,988	30,870
West Midlands	6,121	12,066
Yorkshire and the Humber	5,723	12,007
North West England	4,808	11,781
East Midlands	3,108	6,051
South East England	2,446	5,665
East of England	2,315	5,337
North East England	1,221	3,512
South West England	1,141	3,112
Wales	1,106	2,579
Scotland	844
Northern Ireland	20	190
United Kingdom	49,841	93,174

Integration issues

Writing in 2009, criminologist Aisha Gill noted that little research had taken place into honour crimes in the UK, and that this lack of evidence was "particularly marked in the case of Iranian and Kurdish communities, where the incidence of honor crimes is increasing".^[12]

A report published by the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol and the University of Roehampton in 2010 notes that "it is important to recognize that it is not possible to associate honour-based violence with one particular religion...or culture", but also concludes that "[h]onour-based violence remains prevalent in Kurdish communities in different locations", including the UK. The report finds that "the patriarchal or male-dominated values that underpin these communities often conflict with the values, and even laws, of mainstream UK society. This makes it particularly hard for second or third generation women to define their own values...Instances of HBV [honour-based violence] often result from conflicting attitudes towards life and family codes".^[13] Banaz Mahmod, a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurd woman from Mitcham, south London, was killed in 2006, in a murder orchestrated by her father, uncle and cousins.^[14] Her life and murder were presented in a documentary called Banaz: A Love Story, directed and produced by Deeyah Khan. Other examples include the first honour killing to be legally recognised in the UK, which was that of Heshu Yones, who was stabbed to death by her Kurdish father in London in 2002 when her family discovered she had a Lebanese Christian boyfriend,^[15] and the killing of Tulay Goren, a Kurdish Muslim girl who immigrated with her family from Turkey.^[16] The Centre for Gender and Violence Research report finds that: "Both HBV survivors and women's NGOs working with them continue to encounter inadequate responses and poor practice which needs to be addressed, as well as potentially racist, judgmental and stigmatizing attitudes".^[13] The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation has called for a national strategy to address the problem of honour killings.^[17] Other UK-based Kurdish organisations attempting to tackle the issue of honour killings include Kurdish Women Action Against Honour Killing.^[12]

Notable people

Freema Agyeman (born 1979), actress
Feryal Clark (born 1979), Labour MP
Ibrahim Dogus (born 1980), restaurateur and Labour councillor
Deba Hekmat (born c. 2001), model and actress
Shwan Jalal (born 1983), football coach
Allan Mustafa (born 1985), actor, comedian and writer
Nadhim Zahawi (born 1967), Conservative politician

References

^ "To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?" (PDF). London Metropolitan University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
^ "Recording Kurdish history in London". Untold London. 9 March 2006. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ Communities and Local Government (2009), The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities, Communities and Local Government, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-4098-1263-0, archived from the original on 19 September 2012
^ "Kurdish culture in the UK". Kurdish Human Rights Project. January 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
^ Dissanayake, Samanthi (9 December 2008). "UK Kurds fight separate battles". BBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "Ethnic Group". Office for National Statistics. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Table CT0010EW 2011 Census: Ethnic group (write-in responses), local authorities in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ "Ethnic group (detailed): All people" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ "Ethnic group - Full detail: QS201NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ "Ethnic group (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "MS-B02: Ethnic group - full detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Gill, Aisha (2009). "Honor Killings and the Quest for Justice in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the United Kingdom". Criminal Justice Policy Review. 20 (4): 475–494. doi:10.1177/0887403408329604. S2CID 145648755.
^ ^a ^b Begikhani, Nazand; Gill, Aisha; Hague, Gill; Ibraheem, Kawther (November 2010). "Final Report: Honour-based Violence (HBV) and Honour-based Killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the Kurdish Diaspora in the UK" (PDF). Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol and Roehampton University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Banaz Mahmod 'honour' killing cousins jailed for life". BBC News. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ Rose, Jacqueline (5 November 2009). "A Piece of White Silk". London Review of Books. 31 (21): 5–8.
^ Bingham, John (17 December 2009). "Honour killing: father convicted of the killing of Tulay Goren". The Daily Telegraph. London.
^ Talwar, Divya; Ahmad, Athar (9 July 2015). "'Honour crime': 11,000 UK cases recorded in five years". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

External links

Kurdish Exile Association - Camden

[London_Metropolitan_University-1] "To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?" (PDF). London Metropolitan University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.

[History-2] "Recording Kurdish history in London". Untold London. 9 March 2006. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[3] Communities and Local Government (2009), The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities, Communities and Local Government, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-4098-1263-0, archived from the original on 19 September 2012

[khrp.org-4] "Kurdish culture in the UK". Kurdish Human Rights Project. January 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

[BBC-5] Dissanayake, Samanthi (9 December 2008). "UK Kurds fight separate battles". BBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[6] "Ethnic Group". Office for National Statistics. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[2011CensusEngWal-7] "Table CT0010EW 2011 Census: Ethnic group (write-in responses), local authorities in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[2011CensusScot-8] "Ethnic group (detailed): All people" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[2011CensusNI-9] "Ethnic group - Full detail: QS201NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[10] "Ethnic group (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[:0-11] "MS-B02: Ethnic group - full detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[Gill-12] Gill, Aisha (2009). "Honor Killings and the Quest for Justice in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the United Kingdom". Criminal Justice Policy Review. 20 (4): 475–494. doi:10.1177/0887403408329604. S2CID 145648755.

[Begikhani-13] Begikhani, Nazand; Gill, Aisha; Hague, Gill; Ibraheem, Kawther (November 2010). "Final Report: Honour-based Violence (HBV) and Honour-based Killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the Kurdish Diaspora in the UK" (PDF). Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol and Roehampton University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[14] "Banaz Mahmod 'honour' killing cousins jailed for life". BBC News. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[15] Rose, Jacqueline (5 November 2009). "A Piece of White Silk". London Review of Books. 31 (21): 5–8.

[telegraph.co.uk-16] Bingham, John (17 December 2009). "Honour killing: father convicted of the killing of Tulay Goren". The Daily Telegraph. London.

[17] Talwar, Divya; Ahmad, Athar (9 July 2015). "'Honour crime': 11,000 UK cases recorded in five years". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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+| group            = Kurds in the United Kingdom
-|caption  = |poptime  = 50,000 (estimated)
+| caption          =
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+| langs            = [[English language|English]], [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]]
-|rels = [[Islam]] (majority [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]], minority [[Alevi]]), [[Yazidi]], [[Zoroastrian]], and a significant number of [[Ahl-e Haqq|Yarsan]], [[Shabak people|Shabak]],  and [[Kurdish Christians]]
-|related  =[[Iranian people]] ([[Yazidis]], [[Zazas]])
+| related          = [[Iranian peoples]]
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+{{Kurds}}
+{{Lists of British people}}
-'''Kurds in the United Kingdom''' may refer to people born in or residing in the [[United Kingdom]] of [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] origin.
+'''Kurds in the United Kingdom''' or '''British Kurds''' ({{langx|ku|کوردانی شانشینی یەکگرتوو}}, {{Lang|ku|Kurdên Brîtanya}}) refers to people of [[Kurds|Kurdish]] origin born in or residing in the [[United Kingdom]].
 ==History==
-[[Kurdish people]] first arrived to Britain in large numbers during the 1980s,<ref name="London Metropolitan University">{{cite web|url=http://www.workinglives.org/londonmet/fms/MRSite/Research/wlri/Working%20Papers/WLRI%20Working%20Paper%20No%206.pdf|title=To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?|publisher=London Metropolitan University |accessdate=4 December 2009}}</ref> mostly from the disputed territories of [[Kurdistan]] ([[Iraq]], [[Turkey]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]] and [[Syria]]), fleeing the suppression of their language and culture.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.untoldlondon.org.uk/news/ART35001.html|title=Recording Kurdish history in London|date=9 March 2006|publisher=Untold
+[[Kurdish people]] first arrived in Britain in large numbers during the 1980s,<ref name="London Metropolitan University">{{cite web|url=http://www.workinglives.org/londonmet/fms/MRSite/Research/wlri/Working%20Papers/WLRI%20Working%20Paper%20No%206.pdf|title=To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?|publisher=London Metropolitan University|access-date=4 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706225847/http://www.workinglives.org/londonmet/fms/MRSite/Research/wlri/Working%20Papers/WLRI%20Working%20Paper%20No%206.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> mostly from the disputed territories of [[Kurdistan]] ([[Iraq]], [[Turkey]], [[Iran]], and [[Syria]]), many of them fleeing oppression.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.untoldlondon.org.uk/news/ART35001.html|title=Recording Kurdish history in London|date=9 March 2006|publisher=Untold London|access-date=29 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705021214/http://www.untoldlondon.org.uk/news/ART35001.html|archive-date=5 July 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-London|accessdate=29 December 2008}}</ref>
-== Issues==
-Honour killings are also prevalent among the Kurdish diaspora in the UK <ref>{{cite web|title=Honor Crimes in Britain Far More Prevalent than Formerly Thought|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/260740/20111203/uk-honor-crimes-killings-iranian-kurdish-indian.htm|publisher=International Business Times|author= Palash R. Ghosh|accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref> A well-known case was Heshu Yones, stabbed to death by her Kurdish father in London in 2002 when her family heard a love song dedicated to her and suspected she had a boyfriend.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article99191.ece | location=London | work=The Sun | first=Alex | last=Peake | title=Girl killed over love song | date=21 May 2007}}</ref> Other examples include the killing of Tulay Goren, a Kurdish [[Shia]] Muslim girl who immigrated with her family from Turkey,.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6832862/Honour-killing-father-convicted-of-murder-of-Tulay-Goren.html | location=London | title=Honour killing: father wrongly convicted of the killing of Tulay Goren | first=John | last=Bingham | date=17 December 2009 | work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> Banaz Mahmod, a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurd woman from Mitcham, south London, was killed  in 2006, in a murder orchestrated by her father, uncle and cousins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11716272|title=Banaz Mahmod 'honour' killing cousins jailed for life|work=BBC News|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref> Her life and murder were presented in a documentary called [[Banaz a Love Story]], directed and produced by [[Deeyah Khan]].
 ==Demography==
+===Population size===
-According to the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], drawing on a [[BBC]] source, the Kurdish community in the UK numbered around 50,000 in 2002, among which [[Iraqi Kurds]] make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>{{citation|last=Communities and Local Government|first=|year=2009|title=The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/iraqicommunity|place=|publisher=Communities and Local Government|isbn=978-1-4098-1263-0|page=35}}</ref> They have settled across the country including in major cities such as [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]] and [[Glasgow]].<ref name="khrp.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.khrp.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,208/|title=Kurdish culture in the UK|publisher=Kurdish Human Rights Project|date=January 2006|accessdate=17 December 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7746969.stm|title=UK Kurds fight separate battles|last=Dissanayake|first=Samanthi|date=2008-12-09|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref>
+According to the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], drawing on a [[BBC]] source, the Kurdish community in the UK numbered around 50,000 in 2002, among which [[Iraqi Kurds]] make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]].<ref>{{citation|last=Communities and Local Government|year=2009|title=The Iraqi Muslim Community in England: Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/iraqicommunity|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/iraqicommunity|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-19|publisher=Communities and Local Government|isbn=978-1-4098-1263-0|page=35}}</ref> They have settled across the country, including in major cities such as [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]], and [[Glasgow]].<ref name="khrp.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.khrp.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,208/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120218163506/http://www.khrp.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,208/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-18|title=Kurdish culture in the UK|publisher=Kurdish Human Rights Project|date=January 2006|access-date=17 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7746969.stm|title=UK Kurds fight separate battles|last=Dissanayake|first=Samanthi|date=2008-12-09|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2008-12-29}}</ref>
+In the 2011 census, "Kurdish" was not one of the predefined tick-box answers for the ethnicity question on the [[United Kingdom Census|UK Census]], but respondents are able to write in their preferred self-designation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic Group|date=2 November 2011|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/measuring-equality/equality/ethnic-nat-identity-religion/ethnic-group/index.html#8|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
-"Kurdish" is not one of the predefined tick-box answers for the ethnicity question on the [[United Kingdom Census|UK Census]], but respondents are able to write in their preferred self-designation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic Group|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/measuring-equality/equality/ethnic-nat-identity-religion/ethnic-group/index.html#8|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]], the number of respondents writing in "Kurdish" was 47,871 in [[England]], 1,106 in [[Wales]],<ref name=2011CensusEngWal>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-ct0010.xls|title=Table CT0010EW 2011 Census: Ethnic group (write-in responses), local authorities in England and Wales|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=30 January 2013|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> 844 in [[Scotland]]<ref name=2011CensusScot>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2A_Ethnicity_detailed_Scotland.pdf|title=Ethnic group (detailed): All people|publisher=National Records of Scotland|date=2013|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> and 20 in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name=2011CensusNI>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls|title=Ethnic group - Full detail: QS201NI|publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> The number of people in [[England and Wales]] that speak [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] as their main language was recorded as 48,239.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/medialibrary/briefings/languagesspoken/figure%201%20language-diversity.xlsx|title=Twenty largest non-English main languages by number of speakers in England and Wales, 2011|publisher=ESRC Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE)|date=16 October 2013|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref> In Scotland, the figure was 924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2A_Language_detailed_Scotland.pdf|title=Language used at home other than English (detailed): All people aged 3 and over|publisher=National Records of Scotland|year=2013|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref>
+===Detailed census numbers===
-==Notable Britons of Kurdish descent==
+{| class="wikitable"
-*[[Laween Al-Atroshi]], British-Born Kurdish UK Health Informatician & Ambassador For Peace
+! Region !! 2011<ref name="2011CensusEngWal">{{cite web |date=30 January 2013 |title=Table CT0010EW 2011 Census: Ethnic group (write-in responses), local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-ct0010.xls |access-date=12 May 2015 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref><ref name="2011CensusScot">{{cite web |date=2013 |title=Ethnic group (detailed): All people |url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2A_Ethnicity_detailed_Scotland.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521214855/http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2A_Ethnicity_detailed_Scotland.pdf |archive-date=21 May 2014 |access-date=12 May 2015 |publisher=National Records of Scotland}}</ref><ref name="2011CensusNI">{{cite web |title=Ethnic group - Full detail: QS201NI |url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923092403/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls |archive-date=23 September 2019 |access-date=12 May 2015 |publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency}}</ref>
-*[[Caucher Birkar]], mathematician and professor at [[University of Cambridge]]
+!2021/22<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 November 2022|title=Ethnic group (detailed)|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS022/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/ecebec14-3a4c-4504-be1b-ca4a7b05d456|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=MS-B02: Ethnic group - full detail|url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-ms-b02.xlsx|publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|date=31 May 2023|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
-*[[Dlawer Ala'Aldeen]], professor of Clinical Microbiology and head of the Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology Group at [[University of Nottingham]]
+|-
-*[[Tara Jaff]],a prominent contemporary Kurdish musician specializing in harp
+| [[Greater London]]|| {{nts|20,988}}
-*[[Saad Eskander]], academic and researcher
+|30,870
-*[[Houzan Mahmoud]], women rights activist
+|-
-*[[Nadhim Zahawi]], the first British-Kurdish [[Member of Parliament]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rudaw.net/english/world/09112013|title=Britain's Only Kurdish MP: Kurdistan a Beacon of Hope for Region|first=Sharmila|last=Devi|publisher=Rudaw|date=9 November 2013|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref>
+| [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]|| {{nts|6,121}}
-*[[Shwan Jalal]], footballer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/sport/11537634.We_re_all_one_big_happy_family__says_Bury_stopper_Shwan_Jalal/|title=We're all one big happy family, says Bury stopper Shwan Jalal|first=Craig|last=Nelson|work=Bury Times|date=17 October 2014|accessdate=12 May 2015}}</ref>
+|12,066
+|-
+| [[Yorkshire and the Humber]]|| {{nts|5,723}}
+|12,007
+|-
+| [[North West England]]|| {{nts|4,808}}
+|11,781
+|-
+| [[East Midlands]]|| {{nts|3,108}}
+|6,051
+|-
+| [[South East England]]|| {{nts|2,446}}
+|5,665
+|-
+| [[East of England]]|| {{nts|2,315}}
+|5,337
+|-
+| [[North East England]]|| {{nts|1,221}}
+|3,512
+|-
+| [[South West England]]|| {{nts|1,141}}
+|3,112
+|-
+| [[Wales]]|| {{nts|1,106}}
+|2,579
+|-
+| [[Scotland]] || {{nts|844}}
+|
+|-
+| [[Northern Ireland]] || {{nts|20}}
+|190
+|-
+|'''United Kingdom'''
+|'''49,841'''
+|'''93,174'''
+|}
+== Integration issues ==
+Writing in 2009, criminologist Aisha Gill noted that little research had taken place into honour crimes in the UK, and that this lack of evidence was "particularly marked in the case of Iranian and Kurdish communities, where the incidence of honor crimes is increasing".<ref name=Gill>{{cite journal|title=Honor Killings and the Quest for Justice in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the United Kingdom|first=Aisha|last=Gill|journal=Criminal Justice Policy Review|volume=20|issue=4|year=2009|pages=475–494|doi=10.1177/0887403408329604|s2cid=145648755}}</ref>
+A report published by the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol and the University of Roehampton in 2010 notes that "it is important to recognize that it is not possible to associate honour-based violence with one particular religion...or culture", but also concludes that "[h]onour-based violence remains prevalent in Kurdish communities in different locations", including the UK. The report finds that "the patriarchal or male-dominated values that underpin these communities often conflict with the values, and even laws, of mainstream UK society. This makes it particularly hard for second or third generation women to define their own values...Instances of HBV [honour-based violence] often result from conflicting attitudes towards life and family codes".<ref name=Begikhani>{{cite web|url=http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/uploadedFiles/Pages_Assets/PDFs_and_Word_Docs/Staff_Profiles/Aisha-Gill/Report_HBV_IK_UK_KurdishDiaspora_MCopy_December_webcirculationonly.pdf|title=Final Report: Honour-based Violence (HBV) and Honour-based Killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the Kurdish Diaspora in the UK|first1=Nazand|last1=Begikhani|first2=Aisha|last2=Gill|first3=Gill|last3=Hague|first4=Kawther|last4=Ibraheem|publisher=Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol and Roehampton University|date=November 2010|access-date=19 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305101016/https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/uploadedFiles/Pages_Assets/PDFs_and_Word_Docs/Staff_Profiles/Aisha-Gill/Report_HBV_IK_UK_KurdishDiaspora_MCopy_December_webcirculationonly.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Banaz Mahmod]], a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurd woman from Mitcham, south London, was killed in 2006, in a murder orchestrated by her father, uncle and cousins.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11716272|title=Banaz Mahmod 'honour' killing cousins jailed for life|work=BBC News|date=10 November 2010|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Her life and murder were presented in a documentary called ''[[Banaz: A Love Story]]'', directed and produced by [[Deeyah Khan]]. Other examples include the first honour killing to be legally recognised in the UK, which was that of [[Murder of Heshu Yones|Heshu Yones]], who was stabbed to death by her Kurdish father in London in 2002 when her family discovered she had a Lebanese Christian boyfriend,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n21/jacqueline-rose/a-piece-of-white-silk|title=A Piece of White Silk|first=Jacqueline|last=Rose|journal=London Review of Books|volume=31|issue=21|pages=5–8|date=5 November 2009}}</ref> and the killing of [[Murder of Tulay Goren|Tulay Goren]], a Kurdish Muslim girl who immigrated with her family from Turkey.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6832862/Honour-killing-father-convicted-of-murder-of-Tulay-Goren.html | location=London | title=Honour killing: father convicted of the killing of Tulay Goren | first=John | last=Bingham | date=17 December 2009 | work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> The Centre for Gender and Violence Research report finds that: "Both HBV survivors and women's NGOs working with them continue to encounter inadequate responses and poor practice which needs to be addressed, as well as potentially racist, judgmental and stigmatizing attitudes".<ref name=Begikhani/> The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation has called for a national strategy to address the problem of honour killings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33424644|title='Honour crime': 11,000 UK cases recorded in five years|first1=Divya|last1=Talwar|first2=Athar|last2=Ahmad|publisher=BBC News|date=9 July 2015|access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> Other UK-based Kurdish organisations attempting to tackle the issue of honour killings include Kurdish Women Action Against Honour Killing.<ref name=Gill/>
+==Notable people==
+{{See|Category:British people of Kurdish descent}}
+* [[Freema Agyeman]] (born 1979), actress
+* [[Feryal Clark]] (born 1979), Labour MP
+* [[Ibrahim Dogus]] (born 1980), restaurateur and Labour councillor
+* [[Deba Hekmat]] (born c. 2001), model and actress
+* [[Shwan Jalal]] (born 1983), football coach
+* [[Allan Mustafa]] (born 1985), actor, comedian and writer
+* [[Nadhim Zahawi]] (born 1967), Conservative politician
 ==See also==
 *[[Kurdish population]]
-*[[Iranians in the United Kingdom]]
+*[[Immigration to the United Kingdom]]
-*[[British Iraqis]]
-*[[British Turks]]
-*[[Yazidis]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *[http://www.kea96.org/ Kurdish Exile Association - Camden]
-*[http://www.kwrw.org Kurdish Women’s Rights Watch]
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+[[Category:Kurdish diaspora in Europe|United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Kurdish diaspora]]
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 [[Category:British people of Kurdish descent]]
-[[Category:British people of Asian descent|Kurds]]
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 [[Category:Muslim communities in Europe]]
+[[Category:Kurdish diaspora by country|United Kingdom]]