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19 Sep 2011 / #1
50 babies a day born to Polish mothers in UK
By Jack Doyle
Last updated at 11:07 PM on 18th September 2011
Baby boom: Last year nearly 20,000 babies were born to Polish migrants
More children are born in Britain to Polish mothers than those from any other foreign country, it emerged last night.
Last year nearly 20,000 babies were born to Polish migrants -that is more than 50 a day and amounts to one in every 37 newborns.
Official figures show that in just six years the number of children born to Polish women has increased nearly six-fold. In 2005 -the year after Britain opened its borders to workers from the former Eastern Bloc countries -the number was lower than 3,500.
The figures illustrate the scale and speed of Polish migration since the expansion of the European Union, and the effects of the Labour government's decision not to impose restrictions on worker numbers.
The so-called 'migrant baby boom' means that across the country, one in four of all children is born to a mother who was born overseas.
That figure has doubled in just ten years as migrant numbers have exploded.
Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038948/50-babies-day-born-Polish-mothers-UK.html#ixzz1YMhVvFvb
By Jack Doyle
Last updated at 11:07 PM on 18th September 2011
Baby boom: Last year nearly 20,000 babies were born to Polish migrants
More children are born in Britain to Polish mothers than those from any other foreign country, it emerged last night.
Last year nearly 20,000 babies were born to Polish migrants -that is more than 50 a day and amounts to one in every 37 newborns.
Official figures show that in just six years the number of children born to Polish women has increased nearly six-fold. In 2005 -the year after Britain opened its borders to workers from the former Eastern Bloc countries -the number was lower than 3,500.
The figures illustrate the scale and speed of Polish migration since the expansion of the European Union, and the effects of the Labour government's decision not to impose restrictions on worker numbers.
The so-called 'migrant baby boom' means that across the country, one in four of all children is born to a mother who was born overseas.
That figure has doubled in just ten years as migrant numbers have exploded.
Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038948/50-babies-day-born-Polish-mothers-UK.html#ixzz1YMhVvFvb