The All-party Parliamentary Group in Social Integration has launched a report with the main recommendation that immigrants should be expected to learn English before coming to live in Britain, or be enrolled on compulsory language classes when they arrive.
Now that’s something a fair few people agree with, for varying reasons.
Wherever you are in the world learning the language of the country you live in is basic common sense. #IntegrationReport
— Josser31 (@josser31) January 5, 2017
#IntegrationReport race & colour are not an issue. Culture is. Common values and behaviours are central to cohesion and there is the issue
— Wizzobel2 (@wizzobel2) January 5, 2017
Integration of migrants into UK to safeguard united communities with a sense of belonging is essential #IntegrationReport
— Alex Nieora (@Alexicon83) January 5, 2017
While others think there’s more to be done on our part to improve integration.
So they're given a daily briefing of hatred and intolerance and then blamed for not wanting to integrate… #integrationreport
— James Cox (@james_cox12) January 5, 2017
Someone: "You dont integrate"
Immigrant:"But i dont feel welcome"
Someone: "But you dont integrate"— ??? ??????? (@HalaAlghamdi2) January 5, 2017
Others point out it isn’t really something forced upon ex-pats to do.
#integrationreport every one who comes here must speak English and whenever we go abroad they must speak English as well.
— Martin O'Neill (@DrNostromo) January 5, 2017
Willing to bet that more immigrants in UK speak English than British immigrants in Spain speak Spanish #integrationreport
— Ross Forgan (@forganross) January 5, 2017
#IntegrationReport are Brits living in Spain forced to learn Spanish , swear allegiance to the King & told not to all live in same areas
— Marek Mika (@MarekmikaMarek) January 5, 2017
And as the topic began trending on Twitter, many just became disappointed at the way the conversation was going.
A lot of immigrants speak better English than some Brits. Hash tag has resorted to usual ignorant racism #IntegrationReport
— Nick (@nickkerr1961) January 5, 2017
