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Overview

The numbers for Czech-born people are among those to be treated with caution because of a rapidly changing situation.

Firstly, the Czech and Slovak republics have produced large numbers of Roma-Gypsy refugees in the five years since the 2001 Census.

Today, both countries are new EU members whose citizens can work elsewhere in Europe. But before accession some of the workers were almost certainly among the undeclared working in the 'black' economy.

Further back a different refugee movement formed a prominent group of Czechs in Britain: Jewish children brought over to escape the Nazis in the 1930s.

Concentrations of people born in the Czech Republic

Map on right shows country as if areas with roughly equal populations were the same size. So, densely populated London takes up much more space than sparsely populated Scottish Highlands.

At-a-glance
12,077 Czech-born people were in the UK in 2001, according to the census. 35% were resident in London, with several clusters in Jewish communities, reflecting people who fled the Nazis. 180 Czech-born people appearing in Dover represent some of the arrivals of Roma asylum seekers in this period. 110 in Newcastle include similar asylum arrivals and those sent to accommodation around Britain.

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Distribution of people born in the Czech Republic

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	8,696	12,077	38.88	0.02	0.02	0.00

East Midlands	388	450	15.98	0.01	0.01	0.00
East of England	777	1,343	72.84	0.02	0.02	0.00
London	3,437	4,236	23.25	0.05	0.06	0.01
North East	129	294	127.91	0.01	0.01	0.00
North West	693	745	7.50	0.01	0.01	0.00
Scotland	272	343	26.10	0.01	0.01	0.00
South East	1,503	2,780	84.96	0.02	0.03	0.01
South West	483	727	50.52	0.01	0.01	0.00
Wales	203	200	-1.48	0.01	0.01	0.00
West Midlands	439	511	16.40	0.01	0.01	0.00
Yorks & Humber	372	448	20.43	0.01	0.01	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Golders Green	London	197	175	-11.17	0.47	0.36	-0.11
Finchley	London	76	132	73.68	0.13	0.18	0.05
Highgate	London	207	114	-44.93	0.45	0.21	-0.24
Hyde Park	London	131	110	-16.03	0.21	0.17	-0.04
Fortis Green	London	94	97	3.19	0.19	0.18	-0.01
Richmond N	London	76	93	22.37	0.12	0.14	0.02
Colindale	London	80	82	2.50	0.14	0.14	0.00
Kensington	London	102	79	-22.55	0.20	0.13	-0.07
Mill Hill	London	55	72	30.91	0.13	0.16	0.03
Acton	London	60	71	18.33	0.10	0.10	0.00

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