The National Statistics Office has revealed that one in eight people now living in Britain has been born elsewhere and in some areas this is causing strain on essential services such as schools and health. It is also causing long established communities to fragment particularly in areas such as Luton, Bradford and Leicester where large influxes of immigrants have congregated that do not speak English and will not readily integrate into British society. It has also created ghettos in some parts where white British feel ostracised.
In an excellent article in the Daily Telegraph Ruth Dudley Foster examines the issues confronting multi-culture Britain. She argues a case for citizens who feel their communities have been changed by too many immigrants arriving at the same time that have no intention of speaking English or by integrating into our society.
This is a common problem that I can associate with. When one of my neighbours temporarily moved to Canada they rented their house to a family from Lithuania. Outwardly these people seem to be perfectly reasonable, especially since they cause no problems for anyone, but they have isolated themselves from others living around them. They do not speak English and therefore live on the outside of our society unable to communicate with others that cannot speak their language. While there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this, there is a feeling that the ethos of what was once a close-knit community this has been eradicated.
Click here to read the full text of Ruth Dudley Edwards's article.
In an excellent article in the Daily Telegraph Ruth Dudley Foster examines the issues confronting multi-culture Britain. She argues a case for citizens who feel their communities have been changed by too many immigrants arriving at the same time that have no intention of speaking English or by integrating into our society.
This is a common problem that I can associate with. When one of my neighbours temporarily moved to Canada they rented their house to a family from Lithuania. Outwardly these people seem to be perfectly reasonable, especially since they cause no problems for anyone, but they have isolated themselves from others living around them. They do not speak English and therefore live on the outside of our society unable to communicate with others that cannot speak their language. While there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this, there is a feeling that the ethos of what was once a close-knit community this has been eradicated.
Click here to read the full text of Ruth Dudley Edwards's article.
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