THE GUARDIAN: The row over statistics showing 25% of UK babies are born to foreign parents overlooks a well-established trend
The heir to the throne is one. The environment secretary, Hilary Benn, another. The television presenter Davina McCall a third. They are all among one of the UK's fastest-growing demographic groups - people born in this country whose mother or father was born overseas.
More than a quarter of babies born in Britain have at least one foreign-born parent, it emerged this week, up from just over a fifth in 2000. It is a striking statistic that in some quarters, predictably, provoked alarm. "Many people simply don't understand how this could have happened without anyone being consulted," Sir Andrew Green, chair of the rightwing anti-immigration group Migration Watch, wrote in the Daily Telegraph. "They are deeply concerned about the future." Prince, Davina and a baby revolution (more)
Mark Alexander
