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Parliamentary report: immigrants 'should be made to learn English' before arriving in the UK

An interim report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration finds that all migrants should have to learn English.

By Katherine Soroya
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“We are of the view that Government—national, regional, and local—cannot stand by whilst our communities fragment in this way and has a duty to address this lack of integration.” – Chuka Umunna MP

Following last month’s controversial report by Dame Louise Casey warning of “worrying” levels of segregation in the UK, an interim report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration has gone further to say that all immigrants should have either learnt English before coming to the UK, or be required to sign up to classes when they arrive.

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