Mauritian diaspora in the United Kingdom explained

Group:	Mauritians in the United Kingdom
Population:	Mauritian-born residents 27,078 (2001 Census) 41,978 (2011 Census) 41,000 (2014 ONS estimate)
Popplace:	Greater London, South East England, East of England
Langs:	English, Mauritian Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Mandarin, Tamil, Cantonese, Telugu, Hakka, Marathi, Odia
Rels:	Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, Islam, Taoism, Buddhism
Related:	Mauritians, British Asian, British Indian, Black British, British African-Caribbean, Mixed

Mauritian diaspora in the United Kingdom are British people with Mauritian descent, or who were born in Mauritius. The 2001 UK Census recorded 27,078 Mauritian-born people living in the UK.^[1] The 2011 UK Census recorded 40,890 Mauritian-born residents in England, 434 in Wales,^[2] 571 in Scotland,^[3] and 83 in Northern Ireland.^[4] The Office for National Statistics estimates that in 2014, 41,000 people born in Mauritius were resident in the UK.^[5]

Notable individuals

• Lise de Baissac, heroine of the Special Operations Executive during World War II^[6]
• Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick, musician (Incognito)
• Safia Minney, founder of Fair Trade and environmental fashion and lifestyle label People Tree
• Rav Wilding, television presenter and police officer
• Bernard Paul, boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
• Julian Peedle-Calloo, TV Presenter
• Shelina Permalloo, English cook, author and winner of the MasterChef 2012 UK TV show competition
• Jackie Carter, singer and member of the 1970s Silver Convention
• Francoise Pascal, actress
• Gavin Ramjaun, TV presenter and journalist
• Naga Munchetty, TV presenter, newscaster and journalist
• Suella Braverman, Attorney General, Member of Parliament, Barrister.
• Tommy Fury, Professional Boxer, reality television contestant.
• Shalom Brune-Franklin, Actress
• Gary Noël, Footballer
• Gavin Heeroo, Footballer
• Herbert Rawson, Footballer
• Kalam Mooniaruck, Footballer
• Kevin Sanasy, Footballer

External links

• BBC Born Abroad - Other South and East Africa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Country-of-birth database . . 25 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070425115809/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls . 25 April 2007 .
2. Web site: 2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales. Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. 2 May 2016.
3. Web site: Country of birth (detailed). National Records of Scotland. 2 May 2016.
4. Web site: Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI . Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency . 2 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095516/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS206NI.xls . 4 March 2016 .
5. Web site: Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2014 to December 2014. Office for National Statistics. 27 August 2015. 2 May 2016. Figures given are the central estimates. See the source for 95 per cent confidence intervals.
6. News: Lise Villameur. Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2004. 2 May 2016.