According to the 2001 UK Census there were 10,670 Algerian born people residing in the country, which constituted the sixth largest Arab and kabyles immigrant group and the seventy fourth largest overall immigrant group.[2] Recent estimates for the number of Algerians in the UK including their British-born descendants vary, The Guardian has put the figure at 40,000 (the same source also believes that many entered the country illegally on fake Spanish and French passports),[3] whilst ICAR estimates between 25,000 and 30,000 ethnic Algerians in the UK.[4] The UK is home to the fourth largest overseas Algerian population, behind the huge community in France and slightly behind the Algerian populations in Spain and Canada.[2]