2013-06-27 UK: Nopea väestönkasvu

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Loput linkin takaa: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349021/Budge-Population-England-Wales-swells-400-000-YEAR.html

Budge up! Population of England and Wales swells by 400,000 in a YEAR

Net migration in England and Wales was 155,000, says ONS
Birth-rate between June 2011 and 2012 highest for 40 years
Figures show more than 250,000 'internal migrants' fled London

The number of people living in England and Wales rose by nearly 400,000 in a year despite curbs on migrants, according to official estimates.

They show population growth has not slowed down after the years of large-scale immigration.

One reason is a high birth rate among recent immigrants, the Office for National Statistics analysis says.

Annual population growth first hit 400,000 in 2005 after the borders were opened to Poles and other Eastern European citizens in 2004.

Since then, net migration – the number by which the population grows after both immigration and emigration have been counted – has often been 200,000 a year or more.

Immigration curbs introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May mean net migration fell to 155,500 in the year to June 2012. However, total numbers rose steeply because there were 239,100 more births than deaths – more than double the level in 2003.

The ONS said: 'The number of births was at a 40-year high – the largest since 1972.'

Recent migrants tend to have high birth rates, with many of the right age to have children.

Sir Andrew Green of think tank Migrationwatch said: 'This is yet more evidence of the impact of mass immigration.

'We have the largest number of births for 40 years and the greatest addition to our population among European countries.

'The dual effect of immigration and extra births accounts for about two-thirds of our population growth.'

A quarter of the increase came in London, where birth rates were high and where many immigrants settle.

The increase of 396,900 people in England and Wales was the highest in Europe, followed by France at 319,100 and Germany with 166,200.

[2011-04-17]

Kolme suosituinta kommenttia:

Will someone please shut that bloody door!

" the figures suggest Londoners are fleeing the capital because of high prices".... I'd like to know what that suggestion is based on. I know six families who have left London in the past year, and it wasn't because of high prices. It was because English was a minority language in the schools.

How long will this madness continue? How many people is too many? I really fear for future generations in our small, overcrowded island. There will be no decent quality of life for anyone.

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Loput linkin takaa: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359543/Baby-boom-Britain-Highest-number-births-1971-fuelled-migrants-older-mothers.html

Baby boom Britain! Highest number of births since 1971 fuelled by migrants and older mothers

Nearly 724,000 babies born in England and Wales last year
Quarter were babies born to immigrant mothers, new figures reveal
And almost 30,000 were women over the age of 40
Highest number of births since tail end of the 1960s baby boom

The number of babies born last year was the highest in more than 40 years, according to official figures.

There were nearly 724,000 newborn children in England and Wales, the greatest number since 1971, at the tail end of the 1960s baby boom.

A key reason for the rising numbers of babies is the large-scale immigration of the past decade, which has brought in mainly young men and women ready to have families.

Newly-arrived migrants also tend to have higher birth-rates than people in the existing population.

The impact of immigration on childbirth was underlined by another rise in the number of babies born to women who were themselves born abroad.

The share of babies born to immigrant mothers went up again, to 25.9 per cent, well over a quarter of all births.

'The official projections show that just over two thirds of our population increase is a result of immigration. Part of this is new arrivals make a contribution to birthrates, as these figures show.'

In 2001 there were just under 600,000 children born in England and Wales. Subsequent years have seen birth numbers rising along with immigration that has added three million people to the population