Hongkonger in the United Kingdom refers to either immigrants or naturalized citizens in the United Kingdom who are usually ethnically East Asian and come from the former British colony of Hong Kong. Today, Britain is home to the largest diaspora of Hongkongers after Canada and the United States. As of 2001, 96,000 people born in Hong Kong were residing in the UK, while the Hongkonger diaspora population in the United States totals around 68,000.

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  • Hongkonger in the United Kingdom refers to either immigrants or naturalized citizens in the United Kingdom who are usually ethnically East Asian and come from the former British colony of Hong Kong. Today, Britain is home to the largest diaspora of Hongkongers after Canada and the United States. As of 2001, 96,000 people born in Hong Kong were residing in the UK, while the Hongkonger diaspora population in the United States totals around 68,000. A majority of the Hongkongers in the United Kingdom are ethnically Chinese. There are also people from other ethnic groups who have emigrated from Hong Kong to the UK. Most of these are South Asians, whose ancestors have emigrated from what are now India, Pakistan etc. , to Hong Kong during the colonial era, and also Gurkhas from Nepal who have served for the British army in Hong Kong.
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  • Hong Kong people in the United Kingdom
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  • 96,445 (2001 Census)
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  • Hongkonger in the United Kingdom refers to either immigrants or naturalized citizens in the United Kingdom who are usually ethnically East Asian and come from the former British colony of Hong Kong. Today, Britain is home to the largest diaspora of Hongkongers after Canada and the United States. As of 2001, 96,000 people born in Hong Kong were residing in the UK, while the Hongkonger diaspora population in the United States totals around 68,000.
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  • Hong Kong people in the United Kingdom
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