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Table G: Estimates of Somali population in London Year to which estimate refers Estimated numbers of Somalis living in the UK Source 1999 65,000 Berns McGown, Rima (1999), Muslims in the diaspora: the Somali communities of London and Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 240 2001 33,831 2001 census 2002 40 – 50,000 Estimate by Ioan Lewis, Liberation meeting, London, 26.11.02 2003 63,000 Holman, Christine and Holman, Naomi, (2003), First steps in a new country: Baseline indicators for the Somali community in LB Hackney, London: Sahil Housing Association: 6 2003 70,000 Estimate by Black Women’s Health and Family Support, Bethnal Green, London Figure D: Map of London boroughs Source: Corporation of London, London Boroughs map. Available online at http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/business_ city/key_city_orgs/london_map.htm 34 The Somali community in the UK
Table H: Estimates of Somali population in London boroughs Year to which estimate refers Borough Estimated numbers of Somalis living in different London boroughs Source 1991 2001 Tower Hamlets 15,000 8 – 12,000 Cole, Ian and Robinson, David (2003), Somali housing experiences in England, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University: 14 Green, Marianne (2001), Profiling refugees in Tower Hamlets to Deduce their particular health needs and how best to meet them, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust: 17-19 2001 1,353 2001 census 1994 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 11 – 12,000 Harper-Bulman, Kate (1997), Somali women’s experience of the maternity service in West London and recommendations for for change, unpublished MA dissertation, London: Institute of Education: 11 2001 Ealing 3,330 2001 census 2003 11-15,000 Cole, Ian and Robinson, David (2003), Somali housing experiences in England, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University: 16 2001 Hounslow 1,257 2001 census 2001 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,197 2001 census 2001 Barnet, Enfield, Haringey and Waltham Forest 18,650 Thomas, Felicity and Abebaw, Meron (2002), Refugees and asylum seekers in the Learning and Skills Council, London North area, Africa Educational Trust 2001 Barnet 1,207 2001 census 2001 Haringey 2,194 2001 census 2001 2001 Brent 9 – 12,000 3,381 Cox, Sarah (2002), Hooyo: A study of Somali children and their mothers based in two nurseries in Brent, unpublished MSc dissertation, Brunel University: 71 2001 census The Somali community in the UK 35
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Page 5 and 6: participate in their children’s s
Page 7 and 8: esponse to this charge is that the
Page 9 and 10: topics selected are those which Som
Page 11 and 12: Table A: Classification of sources
Page 13 and 14: since the late 1980s have come main
Page 15 and 16: Somali diaspora (2000) includes enc
Page 17 and 18: of accurate numerical data. This is
Page 19 and 20: A she-camel is a mother To him who
Page 21 and 22: - religious leaders, clan elders, i
Page 23 and 24: These men tended to form a separate
Page 25 and 26: Entry into the UK 8000 Figure A: As
Page 27 and 28: Figure B: Number of initial decisio
Page 29 and 30: Non-compliance Asylum applications
Page 31 and 32: (usually Addis Ababa or Nairobi). H
Page 33: Table F: Estimates of Somali popula
Page 37 and 38: The unreliability of statistics is
Page 39 and 40: London, Liverpool, and Manchester.
Page 41 and 42: industries. But here, too, even giv
Page 43 and 44: own community, potential workers si
Page 45 and 46: Youngster’s [sic] are behind in e
Page 47 and 48: Attitudes to girls’ education by
Page 49 and 50: It is the family that she identifie
Page 51 and 52: British peers. Writing of the “cu
Page 53 and 54: Health Despite the importance of th
Page 55 and 56: colleagues, in a study of Somali me
Page 57 and 58: I have been here since 1983 and the
Page 59 and 60: social parameters” is detrimental
Page 61 and 62: such as those listed in the documen
Page 63 and 64: autonomous control, divorce is not
Page 65 and 66: together [of] their birth and their
Page 67 and 68: purposes. The same might be said of
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Page 71 and 72: Conclusion Despite the seeming diff
Page 73 and 74: Buxton, C. (n.d.), Somali children
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