Is there more non english people in england than english people?

Question

It looks that way to me...

When i say English I dont mean white I mean born in england

Answer 1

It seems like that to me too. I'm not racist but the other day i was on the train and london and realised that the white people on the train were out numbered 3 to 1 by people of other races/colours.

Answer 2

If you define an English person as someone born in England, then no. I think about 1 out of every 14 people who lives here came from abroad. Or 1 in 8 if you live in London. But I think that's a poor definition of "English". A word like "English" is all about how you define yourself. My passport says I'm a UK citizen. I was born here and so were my parents. But I self-identify as anglo-italian (or even italo-english) and I'm proud to be different. Not that there's anything wrong with being English either.

Answer 3

Nope.

English people are people born in this country. So you might look and see people you think are black or indian but they are English. They speak our language, support our football teams and pay taxes to support our country. Immigrants not born in this country make up between 5-8% of the country, and most of them also work jobs that support the country with their taxes.

We cannot point fingers, we have always been a nation of immigration, the only reason it may seem strange now is when travel was more difficult immigration was restricted to Europe and the mediterranean so they all appeared white. To be English is to have roots in Anglo-Saxon Celtic Irish Roman and Viking to name but a few.

Answer 4

Ethnic minorities in England are about 8% despite what you read in the papers. Whilst cities tend to be multi-ethnic there are a great many areas of England that are all "white".
So the answer is no.
(I refer to the English as "white" as many black and Asian folk seem to prefer to be classed as British and not English.)

Answer 5

Official figures confirm that there are fewer white people in Brent (London) than other races and I understand Oldham and Bradford are similar. Moss Side manchester is mostly west indian/asian.
However, there are more white people in england than other races.
I assume you mean white when you say english as there are many english people of asian or west indian origin etc.

Answer 6

It wouldn't be as bad if they at least brought something to our country, like being a Doctor or skilled proffessional, its the one's who come and claim benefits that get me, I can't stand the spongers from here never mind the illegal ones who aren't even supposed to be allowed to stay. The government is useless allow it seems every other "rich" country has the same problem. Even America's being influxed with Mexicans coming in through the sewers.

Answer 7

What is english? The british isles have been made up of immigrants for thousands of years. If we're getting picky maybe we should start by looking at our monarchy, you wouldn't get many points playing spot the english person.

Answer 8

It very well could be. The way that our enemies are taking us over is to dilute our voting base. Soon they will out number us all and then they will have the majority vote. And the politicians are blind to this fact. And it is a FACT! Look at what has happened in France to see what I mean. There are rapidly becoming more Muslims than French in France. And they are taking over. Once they have control of the government, there will be no democracy, no vote, only a Muslim dictatorship and death to all who are not Muslim. And England is quickly headed in that direction. And to a lesser degree due to the huge population, so is America.

Answer 9

People currently alive who were born in England? No, there are more English than not.

To be honest, I don't know how it "looks that way" to you, since it's difficult to look at someone and see whether they were born in England or not isn't it?

By your 'birth' definition 'English' includes those originally of Norman or Danish origin, many of Welsh or Scots descent, Walloons and Huguenots who fled to Britain in the 1600's and subsequent settlers from the Commonwealth etc. So 'English' includes a bit of everything!

Sure in some areas in some cities there are more people who dress differently, speak differently and look differently to those where I live in Buckinghamshire. But none of that means they aren't English by birth does it?


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Answer 10

I really have no idea, but I have noticed that a lot of visitors to England speak better English than the natives. And an awful lot of them are bi-lingual if not multi-lingual. It puts me, a simple monoglot to shame.