The document discusses multiculturalism in the United Kingdom. It defines multiculturalism and provides population statistics showing immigration trends. Large immigrant populations come from India, Poland, Ireland and Pakistan. While Christianity is still the largest religion, the Muslim population is growing. There is debate around whether multiculturalism has failed in the UK as some argue society needs a stronger national identity to prevent extremism, though others see multiculturalism in major cities.

1. Multiculturalism
In The United Kingdom

2. Definition of multiculturalism
"Multiculturalism" is the co-existence of
diverse cultures, where culture includes
racial, religious, or cultural groups and is
manifested in customary behaviours,
cultural assumptions and values, patterns
of thinking, and communicative styles.

3. People of the UK

4. Immigrants

5. Population of the UK
Country of birth
Population
(2010 census)
Population
(2011 OSN Estimate)
United Kingdom 53,923,642 54,233,000
India 467,634 729,000
Poland 60,711 643,000
Republic of Ireland 533,901 457,000
Pakistan 321,167 457,000
Germany 266,136 297,000

6. David Cameron declared that the
doctrine of multiculturalism has “failed”
In February 2011, David Cameron held a speech
on multiculturalism at the Munich Security
Conference. In his speech he criticised "state
multiculturalism" claiming it had failed and
arguing that the UK needed a stronger national
identity to prevent people from turning to all
kinds of extremism. The speech created a row
and angered some Muslim groups, while others
questioned its timing amid an English Defence
League rally in the UK.

7. Do you think England is a multicultural
country?
• 'In the cities and large towns – yes, because larger populations
mean greater cultural diversity. Rural populations can still be very
insular and unwelcoming though.'
• 'Yes – there are people from all over the world living in England.'
• 'I do – Manchester, for example, has large Chinese, Afro Caribbean
and Indian/South Asian communities within it – plus the vibrant gay
village in the city centre. Many cities in England have good mixes of
cultures and lifestyles.'
• 'Yes, definitely. Our music, films, TV, radio, literature. The strong
religious and cultural communities in cities. The number of 2nd and
3rd generation immigrants that no longer consider themselves
immigrants.'

8. Religion in the UK
Despite falling numbers Christianity remains the largest religion in England and
Wales in 2011. Muslims are the next biggest religious group and have grown in
the last decade. Meanwhile the proportion of the population who reported they
have no religion has now reached a quarter of the population.
• In the 2011 Census, Christianity was the largest religion, with 33.2 million people
(59.3 per cent). The second largest religious group were Muslims with 2.7 million
people (4.8 per cent).
• 14.1 million people, around a quarter of the population in England and Wales,
reported they have no religion in 2011.
• The religion question was the only voluntary question on the 2011 census and 7.2
per cent of people did not answer the question.
• Between 2001 and 2011 there has been a decrease in people who identify as
Christian (from 71.7 per cent to 59.3 per cent) and an increase in those reporting
no religion (from 14.8 per cent to 25.1 per cent). There were increases in the other
main religious group categories, with the number of Muslims increasing the most
(from 3.0 per cent to 4.8 per cent).
• In 2011, London was the most diverse region with the highest proportion of people
identifying themselves as Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and Jewish. The North East and
North West had the highest proportion of Christians and Wales had the highest
proportion of people reporting no religion.

9. Religious affiliation, England and Wales, 2011
Census - Office for National Statistics

10. Polish migrants
The 2001 UK Census recorded 60,711 Polish-born
people resident in the UK. 60,680 of these were
resident in Great Britain (the UK minus Northern
Ireland), compared to 73,951 in 1991. With the
migration that has followed Poland's accession to
the EU, the Polish-born population in the whole
of the UK is estimated to have risen to 515,000 in
the year to March 2010. Unofficial estimates have
put the number of Poles living in the UK higher, at
up to one million.

11. Polish-born people in employment in The UK
At the expansion of the EU including Poland on 1 May
2004, the UK granted free movement to workers from the
new member states.

12. St/ John the evangelist R.C.
Polish Church
St. Andrew Bobola Polish
R.C. Church in London

14. The Polish University
Abroad in London
Polish language and Culture
school in Manchester