Unprecedented levels of immigration could lead to a population surge among first-generation migrants in the UK, a report exclusively shared with GB News has revealed.
The Centre for Migration Control, who conducted the report, found that the UK population will explode to over 73 million by 2035, with almost a quarter being first generation migrants.
The total number of first-generation migrants will be 18,318,530, roughly 24 per cent of the total population of the UK.
Research Director of the CMC, Robert Bates, said: “The strain being placed on our public services by mass migration is extraordinary.
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"A surging population inevitably means that people’s quality of life will be diminished.”
“We must recognise that the social and cultural costs for Britain are just as great.
"This analysis shows that Britain in 2035 will be a very divided place.”
Bates added: “Assimilation into the British way of life becomes impossible when migration accounts for such a large proportion of the population.”
The report also revealed that central forecasts often understate the levels of immigration into Britain.
The authors of the report said that estimated levels of net migration in 2022 stood at 606,000, before being revised to 872,000.
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And in 2023 estimates suggested net migration would be at 740,000, which was later changed to 906,000.
In response, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philip said: “It would be completely unacceptable to have a quarter of the population as first-generation immigrants.
"The threat to social cohesion and the strain on public services would be far too much.
“We therefore urgently need a hard binding cap on annual immigration at far lower levels than we have recently seen, and those people who have arrived already who are not making an economic contribution should be required to leave when their Visa expires.”
The Croydon South MP added: “This horrifying forecast does not need to be realised if urgent and firm action is taken now.”
Former Immigration Minister Kevin Foster also told GB News: “This statistic is a reminder we need to break our economic dependency on importing cheap labour and skills from abroad, as an alternative to getting our own workers trained.”
The findings come just days after it was revealed that almost one million people in the country struggle to speak English, or cannot speak the language at all.
Data from the UK Statistics Authority shows that 8.6 percent – equivalent to 794,322 cannot speak English well, with 1.4 percent – or 137,876 – being unable to speak the language at all.
The data comes after local authorities, NHS Trusts and Government departments spent over £750million on translation services between 2021 and 2023, translating English into 100 different languages.
Responding to the damning statistics, Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe said: “If you can’t speak English, what benefit are you providing to the British people? In truth, nothing.”
Lowe fumed: “We need to get real. Our immigration system needs to benefit the British people, not the migrants. The era of mass immigration must come to an end.”
GB News has approached the Government for comment.
