In the 2011 Census, 20 per cent of the population in England and Wales identified themselves as from an ethnicity other than White British, up from 12.5 per cent in 2001.
For Tom Burke, global youth work director at the international development charity Y Care International, this demographic shift means youth work needs a "global dimension" to its practice.
"Youth workers have to develop skills to help all young people think about their place in the world," he says. "Often, the issues that were affecting the children in that country will be brought back when they come to this country. There are some who are all from the same country, but one group is in conflict with the other even though they've moved."
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