As part of annual census more than 15,288 primary and secondary schools provided the information about the first languages of the pupils to the Department for Education.
The report comes after growing concerns about the huge influx of migrant workers in the country. David Cameron’s government lifted restrictions on the rights of Bulgarians and Romanians to work in the UK on January 1. A survey conducted in January by Daily Mail showed that an overwhelming 77 percent of Britons fear that the biggest strain will be on schools.
Douglas Carswell, a backbench Tory MP, urged for a "national debate about the impact of social cohesion” in Britain adding “I want to make sure that we create first and second generation Britons,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
According to official estimates, the number of pupils is to grow by a million exceeding eight million by 2022, the highest levels in more than 40 years, the Telegraph reported.
However, Vice president of the EU Commission has urged Briton to stop the political rhetoric about an “invasion of foreigners” as the politicians were putting the future of the UK in jeopardy
"The fact and figures, and we all know this, show it is simply not true and I do believe also that British industry has made it very clear, putting the figures on the table and showing that the GDP of Britain rose by 3-4 percent because of the input of these working Europeans who come to Great Britain," said Viviane Reding, during her webchat on European citizenship on January 10.
She added that most of the things people in Great Britain are told about the wave of migrants, who take jobs and leech off the welfare system are “myths.”
English no longer first language for 1,700 UK schools – report
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