25 percent of British babies born to foreign mothers

Irish Sun (IANS) Friday 26th August, 2011

One out of four babies born in Britain in 2010 were born to migrant women, including those from India and Pakistan, official statistics show.

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics reveal that migrant mothers gave birth to 181,514 babies -- 25.1 percent of 723,165 newborns in 2010, the Daily Express said.

In 2009, a total of 174,443 babies were born to migrant mothers - 24.7 percent of the total number. In 2000, it was 15.5 percent, and 11.6 per cent in 1990.

Newham in east London had the highest levels - with a staggering 75 percent of all babies born to migrants. Most were from India, Pakistan and Poland.

Britain is struggling to cope with soaring immigration. The number of midwives has also not kept pace with the migrant baby boom.

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my parents come from the indian sucontinent,i think it is a disgrace how this country ransacks the third world of its educated and uses them as cheap labour,displacing local workers this has got to stop,we need the educated to stay in their countries to develop their own economies.if migration watch was political party i'd vote for them

tiger moto - 08-26-11, 11:20 PM

I don't think the UK is ransacking the the third-world. People come to better their life's pure and simple. As they have done down the centuries.

oggie - 08-27-11, 03:10 PM

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