<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Religion </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Islam </Td> </Tr> <P> Somalis in the United Kingdom include British citizens and residents born in, or with ancestors from, Somalia . It is thought that the United Kingdom (UK) is home to the largest Somali community in Europe, with an estimated 98,000 Somali - born immigrants residing in the UK in 2016 according to the Office for National Statistics . The majority of these live in England, with the largest number found in London . Smaller Somali communities exist in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Cardiff . </P> <P> The earliest Somali immigrants in the UK were lascars and merchants who arrived in the 19th century . A second small group of seamen came during the Second World War with the Royal Navy, and stayed in search of employment . During the 1980s and 1990s, the civil war in Somalia led to a large number of Somali immigrants, comprising the majority of the current Somali population in the UK . </P>

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