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domingo, 26 de mayo de 2013

UK - National identity is something that subtly changes all the time...


Migrants set to become majority in UK


A new academic study commissioned by Oxford University has found that minority groups will make up 40% of the United Kingdom by 2050, making it one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. Currently, minority groups make up 10% of the population. 

Moreover, it is not just the UK that is set to change, but all European countries.  

Press TVreports the Observatory's Professor David Coleman as saying:

"Migration has become the primary driver of demographic change in most high-income countries and may remain so. On current trends European populations will become more ethnically diverse, with the possibility that today's majority ethnic groups will no longer comprise a numerical majority in some countries".

We have discussed before on this blog British concerns about migration – including cancelled plans for a proposed negative tourism marketing campaign in countries from which migration is high. 

This study might again raise the ire of those who wish to stay in the majority. 

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Read more: www.mercatornet.com

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