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Rejected petition To formally recognise Latin Americans as an ethnic group in the UK

To formally recognise Latin Americans as an ethnic group in the UK and to add this group as an option to official forms.

Currently we can only be classified under the ‘other’ ethnicity option.

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There are approximately 250,000 Latin Americans living in the UK.

In London we are the eighth largest ethnic group.

This category needs to be included to assist in ethnic monitoring and provide a true estimate as to how many Latin Americans reside in the UK and access services.

Source:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/15/low-gp-access-rates-among-latin-americans-in-uk-raise-vaccine-concerns?fbclid=IwAR2ECVqj-j1Y5oOEZL6SZhqe1M9L3nxBKNR2QU8fEHStGMne2CZWFsAGF0U

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about how Latin Americans are recorded, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. There is not a formal process for the Government to recognise particular ethnicities.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Include Latinx/Hispanic as an ethnic group in the 2021 census: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557528

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to add Latin Americans to the list of ethnic groups it recommends are used for use by the government when asking for someone’s ethnicity, if that's something you would like to happen.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.