qi ▁Kur ds ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁largest ▁group , ▁exceed ing ▁the ▁numbers ▁from ▁Turkey ▁and ▁Iran . ▁They ▁have ▁settled ▁across ▁the ▁country ▁including ▁in ▁major ▁cities ▁such ▁as ▁London , ▁B irmingham , ▁Manchester , ▁Le eds ▁and ▁Glasgow . ▁ ▁" K urd ish " ▁is ▁not ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁pre defined ▁tick - box ▁answers ▁for ▁the ▁eth nic ity ▁question ▁on ▁the ▁UK ▁Census , ▁but ▁respond ents ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁write ▁in ▁their ▁preferred ▁self - design ation . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Census , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁respond ents ▁writing ▁in ▁" K urd ish " ▁was ▁ 4 7 , 8 7 1 ▁in ▁England , ▁ 1 , 1 0 6 ▁in ▁Wales , ▁ 8 4 4 ▁in ▁Scotland ▁and ▁ 2 0 ▁in ▁Northern ▁Ireland . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁Wales ▁that ▁speak ▁Kur d ish ▁as ▁their ▁main ▁language ▁was ▁recorded ▁as ▁ 4 8 , 2 3 9 . ▁In ▁Scotland , ▁the ▁figure ▁was ▁ 9 2 4 . ▁ ▁Population ▁distribution ▁ ▁Integr ation ▁issues ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁reports ▁about ▁disc rim ination ▁and ▁cultural ▁problems ▁among ▁Ira qi ▁Kur ds . ▁There ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁honour ▁kill ings ▁among ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁di as por a ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁Writing ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁cr imin ologist ▁A ish a ▁Gill ▁noted ▁that ▁little ▁research ▁had ▁taken ▁place ▁into ▁honour ▁cr imes ▁in ▁the ▁UK ,