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The South Asian diaspora, also known as the Desi diaspora, [1] is the group of people whose ancestral origins lie in South Asia, but who live outside the region. [2] There are over 44 million people in this diaspora.
In 2018, research from the University of Surrey showed that South Asian people in Britain had low-levels of Vitamin D intake in a national context. [51] In the UK, women of South Asian heritage are the least likely to attend breast cancer screening. Research is still needed to identify specific barriers for the different South Asian communities.
The majority of the South Asian community in the Netherlands are Indo-Caribbean and migrated mainly from Suriname, a former Dutch colony in the Caribbean and South America. There is a smaller amount of South Asians , coming directly from South Asia, mainly from India , Pakistan and Afghanistan . [ 3 ]
The Romani (English terms: Gypsy, Gypsies) – a traditionally 'dispersed' people in Europe, with origins in South Asia (or perhaps, northern India and Sindh) for 800-some years, are even more 'dispersed' today, following the Holocaust of Nazi Germany. (See Some names for the Roma) – one name for Roma in England are "Tinkers". Over 10 million ...
European people of Asian descent (72 C, 1 P) A. ... Pages in category "Asian diaspora in Europe" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
There is also a sizable community of Asian Caribbeans who hail from the former and present Dutch overseas territories which include Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles; now Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba. These are mainly from Suriname and include Indian, Javanese and Chinese Surinamese people. [3] [4]
“These are cultural references that every Indian American and many Asian Americans could relate to.” In South Asian culture and diaspora, “aunty” is an affectionate term, sometimes used as ...
Many South Asian people are well-integrated into Irish society and embrace the culture of Ireland. However, the presence of South Asian people in Ireland has noticeably affected many aspects of Irish life. Festivals such as Diwali and Eid al-Fitr are celebrated every year in Ireland by South Asian people and native Irish people alike. There are ...