A third of British babies not ‘whites’

Among the remaining births, the statistics reveal, nearly nine per cent were listed as Asian, five per cent black or black British and 3.5 per cent of mixed race, the Daily Star reported.

The figures have also highlighted the number of unmarried parents in Britain — the highest rate was among the Caribbean group, with only a third of babies born in wedlock.

However, the new report from the Office for National Statistics has evoked mixed response in Britain.

According to Director of the Race Equality Foundation Ratna Dutt, “Britain is more racially diverse than ever, which is brilliant.”

But, Opposition Tory MP David Davis said, “My worry has nothing to do with people’s skin colour but whether those people are integrating and accepting the customs and cultures of this country. The problem comes when you have large numbers of people of all ethnicities who are not willing to use the language, who are abusing our system and demand laws are changed to accommodate them.”

“Many of the people in the figures will be black British or Asian British through and through from the third and fourth generations, who are setting an example of integration to other ethnicities.”