This article is about Peruvian people living in the United Kingdom, for Peruvian people of British descent, see "British Peruvian"

Peruvians in the United Kingdom (Spanish: Peruanos en el Reino Unido{{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}}) are Peruvian immigrants to the United Kingdom, who form part of the larger Latin American community in the UK. In 2001, the stock of Peruvian-born immigrants was the sixth largest amongst all Latin American immigrants to the UK.^[1]

Demographics [link]

A Peruvian restaurant near Dalston, Greater London

According to the 2001 UK Census, 4,066 Peruvian-born people were living in the UK.^[1] As such, Peru was the 107th most common birthplace for UK residents, and sixth out of all Latin American countries, behind Mexico but ahead of Venezuela.^[1] One "guesstimate" now puts the Latin American population of the UK at between 800,000 and 1 million, but puts the number of Peruvians in the UK at between 10,000 and 15,000. This is smaller than such communities in the UK as Brazilians, Colombians and Ecuadorians.^[2] Countries such as the United States and Spain have much larger Peruvian communities than the United Kingdom.^[1] Political stability in Peru, unlike for example Colombia and Ecuador, means that the number of Peruvians claiming asylum in the UK is low.^[3]

Notable individuals [link]

The Peruvian community in the United Kingdom has produced the actors Michael Bentine and Henry Ian Cusick, who found fame in The Goon Show and Lost respectively.

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  Trujillo-born Cusick was raised in Scotland and has worked in Glasgow for a number of years^[4]

See also [link]

• Demographics of Peru
• Peruvian American
• Spanish people
• Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Mestizo
• Hispanic
• British Peruvian

References [link]

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