Pupils who speak English as a first language are in the minority in 13 out of London’s 33 boroughs, according to official figures released Tuesday. Fifty-six percent of children in elementary schools in inner London do not speak English as their first language.

Throughout the country, English is not the mother tongue to one in seven elementary-school-aged children.

Such high numbers of inexperienced, and in many cases, incapable, English speakers is putting a heavy burden on Britain’s education system. Far more disturbing than this, though, is that it shows how much immigration is changing Britain.

The data, from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, shows that around one in five children are from ethnic minorities, up from roughly one in ten in 1997.

“These figures confirm the huge impact immigration is having on our society,” said Sir Andrew Green, from the Migrationwatch think tank. “When government funds are as tight as they are, this is bound to have a negative impact as children with English as an additional language will need extra tuition.”

The situation has gotten so bad that Green warned, “In inner London it’s hard to know who immigrant children are supposed to integrate with since they heavily outnumber local children.”

As noted in our article “The Trouble With Immigration: Cultural Impact,” language is a key component of culture. Therefore, the language spoken by immigrants is a key factor in their being assimilated into a nation’s culture. The article stated, regarding the immigration problem in America:

One of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous statements—actually quoting Jesus Christ—was that a house, or nation, divided against itself cannot stand. The division America faced in Lincoln’s day involved the lamentable mistreatment of the “strangers” within its gates—something God’s Word expressly forbids. But a century later, the cause for division had become the crusade to preserve immigrants’ cultural uniqueness by not assimilating. And this more recent problem has come to not only threaten American identity—but even to threaten internal peace and stability.

America is becoming increasingly divided due to massive immigration. Britain is suffering from the same problem. Watch for racial tensions to increase in both these countries. A divided Britain is a weak Britain. It is a Britain beset by internal strife. It is a Britain that, as Christ said, cannot stand.

For more information on the immigration problem and how, ultimately, it will be solved, read “The Trouble With Immigration.”