An emergency census is needed in the UK to capture the extent of mass migration that has triggered social change and help identify areas where segregation could lead to extremism, a report has found.
The study from think tank Policy Exchange says the population of the Britain increased by 3.9 million in the three years to June 2024, though the raw numbers since have fallen back.
Normally a census is held in the first year of each decade but the Policy Exchange referred to one held in 1966. This headcount was arranged due to concerns over the scale of Commonwealth migration to and internal movement from the northern regions to southern England.
Nadhim Zahawi, a cabinet minister in previous Conservative governments who wrote the foreword for the report, said concerns among the British public ov
Continue Reading on The National UAE
This preview shows approximately 15% of the article. Read the full story on the publisher's website to support quality journalism.