Two-thirds of new babies in London have at least one foreign-born parent

In some areas more than four in five newborns has a mother or father born overseas. The rate is below half in only six of the 32 boroughs in the city, which attracts a flood of immigrants every year. Nationally, one in four babies has a parent born outside Britain. The statistics show that 86,111 of London newborns in 2010 — or 64.7% — had at least one foreign-born parent. The figure was highest in Newham (84.1%), then came Brent (81.9%) and Westminster (81.2%).