| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Sir Keir in deep trouble | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 28/05/26 08:36:00 |
“New figures reveal that the share of babies born to migrant parents reached 40 per cent for the first time last year. The share of babies born to migrant parents reached 40pc for the first time last year, new figures show. Latest Office for National Statistics figures showed the number of newborns with at least one parent born abroad had risen from 39.5pc in 2024 to a record high of 40.2pc last year. It was 30.1pc in 2008. That equates to more than 235,000 of the 585,396 births last year. According to the figures, the biggest contingent of foreign-born mothers came from India, who gave birth to 27,601 babies in England and Wales in 2025. More than 22,000 mothers were born in Pakistan, 15,500 in Nigeria and 10,600 in Romania. Other leading nations were Bangladesh, Poland, Ghana and Afghanistan. India was also the largest source of immigrants to Britain in the so-called “Boriswave”, with 300,000 arriving in the peak year of 2023. Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Ghana also contributed large numbers of migrants in recent years” |