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Include ‘North African’ as an ethnic group in the 2021 census

Submitted by Yousra Bouderouaya on Wednesday 24th February 2021

Published on Monday 1st March 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 1st September 2021

Signatures: 127

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2021 ~ Africa ~ Africans ~ Algeria ~ arab ~ Black ~ Census ~ country ~ Diverse ~ Diversity ~ Egypt ~ Kingdom ~ Libya ~ Morocco ~ North ~ part ~ Sudan ~ Tunisia ~ UK ~ United Kingdom ~ White

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Include ‘North African’ as an ethnic group in the 2021 census

Petition Details

The UK is an ethnically diverse society, and having census forms to specify races/ethnicities allows recognition, understanding and in turn opportunity. It seems unfair that a large group of people within our community are not recognised as an ethnic group when it cannot fit into any other category

Additional Information

North Africans have a large community in the United Kingdom, and as a diverse country, NA should have the option to specify this as they are neither black, white, Asian nor Arab. Considering the large population of North Africans within the uk, it deserves more than “other” The UN subregion of North Africa consists of 7 countries at the northernmost part of the continent -Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Africa generating one-third of Africa's total GDP.


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