Francis Campbell (14 March) lists some current advantages from accepting immigrants, I would like to add a future advantage. A recent Office of National Statistics report shows an overall fertility rate in England and Wales of 1.93. This is below the rate required for the population to replace itself (2.1) and so will lower the ratio of workers to pensioners in the future. Within the 1.93 figure, the fertility rate of UK-born women is 1.84; that of non UK-born women is 2.21. So our immigrant fa