[mmercier]

The British generally call Arabs Asians.

Asians:

Arabs, Turks, Iranians, and Kurdswho are more usually designated Middle or Near Easterners. Indonesians and Filipinos are properly termed Asian, since their island groups are considered part of the Asian continent, but not the Melanesians, Micronesians, and Polynesians of the central and southern Pacific, who are now often referred to collectively as Pacific Islanders.

[seppel]

Sounds like the Brits need to be handing out a few one-way tickets.