In fact, the city is considered today to be an international transport hub and an extremely popular tourist destination, making London one of the most visited world’s capitals; a fact that tremendously promotes its multicultural character.

London’s metropolitan are has considerably grown over the centuries, especially during the 19th and early 20th centuries increasing industrialization that led to rapid population growth. England’s capital was the most populated city of the world until 1925, when New York overtook its immense number of citizens. London continued to grow until World War II and the Green Belt legislation which led to its population largely remain static. But although urban building constructions were not allowed to take place at the same speed as before, the city’s habitats’ number continued to increase.

Today, London’s wider metropolitan area has a population between 12 and 14 million depending on the definition of that area. According to the 2001 census, 27 percent of London’s population was born outside the UK and about 29 percent were classified as non-white –non-counting the unknown tens of thousands who did not complete a census form. But even this total does not include the second the third generation immigrants, who have inherited the traditions of their parents and grandparents.

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