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The citizenship section states:
The exact current numbers of Barbadian born people living in the UK and retaining Barbadian citizenship are unknown to the public, although the Home Office has released data about those who have surrendered Barbadian citizenship in order to become British citizens. The figures are shown in the table below. The number of Barbadians being granted British citizenship per annum has recently begun to decrease, unlike those from Jamaica (where an ever increasing number of people are being granted citizenship). Over recent years, for the first time ever other American nations such as Ecuador and Haiti are seeing larger numbers of immigrants to the UK than Barbados (which has a much larger and longer established community in the country). Also worth of note are the facts that data are unavailable for such statistics from the mid 20th Century when the largest number of Barbadians came to the UK, and second and third generation Barbadian Britons are already British citizens at birth.
There are a number of problems with this. Firstly, there is no source for the claim that the number of Barbadians in the UK is unknown. Just because a Wikipedia editor couldn't find it, doesn't mean this data doesn't exist. Secondly, just because Barbadians have obtained British citizenship, doesn't mean that they have surrendered Barbadian citizenship. Thirdly, there is no source for the statement about Eduadorians and Haitians. Finally, there is no source for the claim that data are unavailable for the mid-20th century.
As for the communities section, the statement that "In 2006, people of Afro-Caribbean origin in Birmingham, London, Nottingham, Slough and Manchester represented at least 6.1%, 5.3%, 4.7%, 3.4% and 3.2% of the local populations respectively. Roughly half of these are of Jamaican origin, with the remainder being predominantly Guyanese, Trinidadian and Barbadian amongst others" doesn't seem that relevant to the article. It might belong at British African-Caribbean community, but this article should be about Barbadians only. Cordless Larry ( talk) 21:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
I have overhauled the grants of citizenship statistics table. I removed the years 1993-96 since the source given did not have data for these years. Each year is now individually referenced to that year's statistical document on the Home Office website. Cordless Larry ( talk) 15:12, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
I'm going to go out of a limb here and say perhaps the New West Indian Guide might be more credible? There was a write-in piece in the Barbados Advocate and there's not telling exactly how accurate it is. It seems to list 8.1 percent of Barbados' population emigrating to the UK while the reference here is quoted as 12 percent?
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The citizenship section states:
The exact current numbers of Barbadian born people living in the UK and retaining Barbadian citizenship are unknown to the public, although the Home Office has released data about those who have surrendered Barbadian citizenship in order to become British citizens. The figures are shown in the table below. The number of Barbadians being granted British citizenship per annum has recently begun to decrease, unlike those from Jamaica (where an ever increasing number of people are being granted citizenship). Over recent years, for the first time ever other American nations such as Ecuador and Haiti are seeing larger numbers of immigrants to the UK than Barbados (which has a much larger and longer established community in the country). Also worth of note are the facts that data are unavailable for such statistics from the mid 20th Century when the largest number of Barbadians came to the UK, and second and third generation Barbadian Britons are already British citizens at birth.
There are a number of problems with this. Firstly, there is no source for the claim that the number of Barbadians in the UK is unknown. Just because a Wikipedia editor couldn't find it, doesn't mean this data doesn't exist. Secondly, just because Barbadians have obtained British citizenship, doesn't mean that they have surrendered Barbadian citizenship. Thirdly, there is no source for the statement about Eduadorians and Haitians. Finally, there is no source for the claim that data are unavailable for the mid-20th century.
As for the communities section, the statement that "In 2006, people of Afro-Caribbean origin in Birmingham, London, Nottingham, Slough and Manchester represented at least 6.1%, 5.3%, 4.7%, 3.4% and 3.2% of the local populations respectively. Roughly half of these are of Jamaican origin, with the remainder being predominantly Guyanese, Trinidadian and Barbadian amongst others" doesn't seem that relevant to the article. It might belong at British African-Caribbean community, but this article should be about Barbadians only. Cordless Larry ( talk) 21:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
I have overhauled the grants of citizenship statistics table. I removed the years 1993-96 since the source given did not have data for these years. Each year is now individually referenced to that year's statistical document on the Home Office website. Cordless Larry ( talk) 15:12, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
I'm going to go out of a limb here and say perhaps the New West Indian Guide might be more credible? There was a write-in piece in the Barbados Advocate and there's not telling exactly how accurate it is. It seems to list 8.1 percent of Barbados' population emigrating to the UK while the reference here is quoted as 12 percent?
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