An ever larger proportion of children with immigrant parents, combined with generally low birth rates, means that the British within a few years will be a minority in their own country.
The population is being replaced, and this can no longer be dismissed as a racist myth, especially since ethnic Britons are having fewer children than immigrants. This may be because while most Britons must bear the costs of their own children themselves, they must in addition finance the children of all newly arrived and unemployed immigrants through taxation.
At the same time, new immigrants are streaming into the country, among other routes across the English Channel, directly from France. Demographic changes are occurring simultaneously with the total number of births falling to the lowest level since 1977, writes The Telegraph.
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS, Britain’s Statistics Norway) show that the proportion of newborns with at least one foreign-born parent rose from 39.5 per cent in 2024 to a record-high share of 40.2 per cent last year. In 2008 the proportion was 30.1 per cent. This corresponds to more than 235,000 of the 585,396 births last year.
In addition comes the third generation, children born to the children of immigrants. This probably constitutes significant figures that are not stated, particularly among Indians who have been in the country for several decades. Population replacement is now a reality, not only for Great Britain, but for most countries in Western Europe – including Norway.
Innvandringen gjør ikke Norge kulere, men vi opplever flere kuler
The usual countries, such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Ghana and Afghanistan, top the list. In addition, some of the children have parents from European countries such as Romania and Poland.
The Office for Budget Responsibility warned in its latest report on fiscal risks of “negative long-term fiscal consequences” because “birth rates are falling even further below replacement level than previously projected”.
One problem is the ageing wave, but the principal problem is mass immigration of unproductive people, which may contribute to the low birth rates among ethnic Britons.
Even former Labour Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair recently called for “a gradual, fundamental reform of the welfare state”. Blair warned that “the triple lock is unsustainable in the long term”.
“All of this is terribly difficult, but the British people know deep down that it is necessary to do it.”
But it was Blair who introduced the student reform that is accused of having contributed to the low birth rates. Blair also did little to reduce immigration during his time in Downing Street.
Tony Blairs studiereform førte til færre britiske barnefødsler