The fertility rate of foreign-born women is almost a third higher than that of UK-born women, according to new analysis. And yet, even the foreign-born rate of 2.03 children per woman (compared with 1.54 for UK-born) remains below the replacement rate of 2.1. It has steadily declined from its peak of 2.46 two decades ago. In other words, we cannot
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