immigration has turned UK towns into 'ghettos', says bombshell report

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[h=1]Migrants should swear an oath to live in Britain: Mass immigration has turned UK towns into 'ghettos', says bombshell report calling for newcomers to take a vow of allegiance to UK values[/h]

• Government report says migrants should swear an oath of allegiance
• It also warns that the scale of immigration has been 'too much' for some
• Dame Louise Casey said it has left some communities more divided
• Isolated Muslims see UK as mainly Islamic when it is less than five per cent
• Concentrated Muslim, Jewish and Roma communities form across the UK
• Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, condemned the report as 'inflammatory, divisive, pandering to the agenda of the far right'
• Dame Louise dismissed some critics as 'right on' and said the UK could 'no longer duck difficult issues'

By JACK DOYLE AND IAN DRURY FOR DAILY MAIL and MARTIN ROBINSON, UK CHIEF REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 00:33, 5 December 2016 | UPDATED: 13:57, 5 December 2016

 

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Migrants should swear an oath of allegiance to British values as soon as they arrive in the country, a bombshell Government report demanded today.
Ghettos have formed because the pace and scale of immigration has been 'too much' and some towns and cities have been transformed 'out of all recognition', it says.
Author Dame Louise Casey said successive governments have 'ignored or even condoned regressive, divisive and harmful cultural and religious practices, for fear of being branded racist or Islamophobic'.
But Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, has condemned the report as 'inflammatory, divisive, pandering to the agenda of the far right'.
'We are saddened that once again British Muslims have become a political football which is bashed from time to time without any regard for the impact this has on individuals who then are subjected to threats and violence,' he said.
When confronted with this on Radio 4 Dame Louise dismissed some critics as 'right on' and said the UK could 'no longer duck difficult issues' even if parts of her report would be 'hard to read'.
The report warns that rapid population change has also increased ethnic segregation and left communities more divided than ever, she said, adding: 'We are developing pockets where there is a monoculture, a monoethnicity and that's a concern'.
Warning of 'escalating division and tensions in society', she called for greater efforts at integration to 'bind Britain together'.
Currently migrants do not have to swear an oath unless they want to secure UK citizenship. At the moment, millions of migrants must take a 'Life in the UK' test about their knowledge of Britain to secure their right to stay.
Dame Louise also says the criteria for full citizenship should be reviewed.

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Divided Britain: A bombshell report says ghettos have formed because the pace and scale of immigration has been 'too much' and some towns and cities like Bradford (pictured) have been transformed 'out of all recognition'

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Segregation: The Page Hall area of Sheffield there is a 6,000-strong Roma or eastern European community living together (pictured)

 

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Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said he would be studying the findings closely but the Ramadhan Foundation condemned the 'inflammatory' report.
Mr Javid said the UK was home to many cultures and communities 'but all of us have to be part of one society - British society'.


'So while it's right that we celebrate the positive contribution that diverse groups make to British life, we also need to continue making sure that nobody is excluded from it or left behind,' he said.
'To do that, we need to take a serious look at the facts and must not shy away from the challenges we face.'
Dame Louise's shock new report says Muslims in some parts of the country are so cut off from the rest of society that they believe the majority of Britons share their faith.
The new review says Muslim enclaves are concentrated in northern areas such as Bradford, Birmingham and Blackburn, where MailOnline revealed last month there is a halal butcher who has never served a white customer.
Some rarely, if ever, leave their neighbourhoods, and believe that Britain is a Muslim country in which up to three-quarters of the population follow Islam, the report says.
However, figures from the 2011 Census put the actual proportion of Muslims in England and Wales at under five per cent, while Christians account for nearly 60 per cent.
Dame Louise's report criticises the rise of 'Sharia councils', which have been allowed to run unhindered and in some cases support extremist values, wife beating and forced marriage and marital rape.
Mosques and Islamic organisations are offering regressive advice about the behaviours expected of Muslim women and girls.
This includes not being able to leave the house without telling their husband, not being allowed to travel without a chaperone or even not being able to wear jeans, despite Islamic theologians dismissing such advice as inappropriate, she says.
And there is not just segregation in Muslim communities, Dame Louise said that there are hundreds of electoral wards where there are 40 per cent non-white British residents or more. In 17 wards the figure was 90 per cent.
In one borough of Sheffield there is a 6,000-strong Roma or eastern European community living together.
In Jewish orthodox communities they have been allowed to teach their children 'that a woman's role is to look after children, clean the house and cook'.
While some Christian groups have been allowed to try to 'cure' people of homosexuality' without being challenged.
And the Polish community in Britain has grown by 500,000 in a decade, with many heading to areas like Boston, Lincolnshire.
The report concludes: 'We know that where communities live separately, with fewer interactions between people from different backgrounds, mistrust, anxiety and prejudice grow.
'Conversely, social mixing and interactions between people from a wider range of backgrounds can have positive impacts; not just in reducing anxiety and prejudice, but also in enabling people to get on better in employment and social mobility.'
The report, commissioned by David Cameron to try to address how some Muslim communities are cut off from the rest of society, also:
- Recommends schoolchildren are taught 'British values' of tolerance, democracy and respect as well as the country's laws, history and values;
- Warns that women are being held back by regressive cultural practices and face coercion, violence and abuse;
- Warns that children being taught at home or outside mainstream schools are being exposed to divisive practices;
- Calls on ministers to provide more English language classes for 'isolated groups'.
Among community cohesion tsar Dame Louise's recommendations is an 'oath of integration with British values and society' for new arrivals. Migrants who want to come to the UK could also be required to sign up to 'clear expectations on integration' when applying for visas.

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The reports says that in Kersal in Salford, pictured on the show Strictly Kosher, 41 per cent of are of the population of Jewish faith

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In the past decade the Polish community in Britain has grown by 500,000, with areas including Boston in Lincolnshire cited in the report (pictured)

Her report says that while Britain has benefited hugely from immigration and increased ethnic and religious diversity, 'nowhere near enough emphasis has been put on integration in communities to match the pace and scale of the change in our population in recent years'.
In a bleak warning about the impact of mass immigration, it reports some communities saying the pace of change has been 'too much' for them to deal with.
Dame Louise, a former homeless charity executive, said last night: 'Social integration is about closing the gaps that exist between people and communities. This report has found those gaps exist in terms of where people live but also in terms of the lives they lead and the opportunities they have to succeed. So it is about how we get on in life, as well as how we get along with each other.
'To help bind Britain together and tackle some of the division in our society, we need more opportunities for those from disadvantaged communities, particularly women, and more mixing between people from different backgrounds.
'We also need more of a spirit of unity, compassion and kindness that brings people together under our common British values of tolerance, democracy, equality and respect.'
The report says promoting British laws, history and values within the 'core curriculum in all schools' would help build integration, tolerance, citizenship and resilience in children. Dame Louise also says it is 'extremely concerning' that some children are opting out of state education 'without sufficient checks on their wellbeing and integration'.

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The report was commissioned by David Cameron to try to address how some Muslim communities are cut off from the rest of society

 

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WHAT BOMBSHELL REPORT SAYS ABOUT BRITAIN

The report by Dame Louise Casey (pictured) contains these fact

- In one school pupils believed the population of Britain to be between 50% and 90% Asian


- One in four Pakistani men are employed as taxi-drivers and two in five Bangladeshi men work in restaurants


- Almost all ethnic minority groups still have unemployment rates around double the national average


- Economic inactivity levels remain unusually high among women from Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups – 57.2% are inactive in the labour market compared with 25.2% of White women



- Britain's population has risen by 4.1 million between 2001 and 2011 - more than half of this growth was due to immigration.


- It has been claimed that 70 to 75% of Muslim marriages in the UK have not been registered under the Marriage Act. Half of British Pakistanis married back in Pakistan, and that most of these marriages were between cousins or other members of extended kin groups



- Report cites 2016 survey that found 47% of Muslims did not agree that it is acceptable for a homosexual person to be a teacher in a school -compared with 14% of the British population. And 23% supported the introduction of Sharia law instead of British laws in some areas of Britain.



- Ethnic minority groups, including pupils of Chinese, Indian, Irish, and Bangladeshi ethnicity, outperformed White British pupils in their GCSEs. Pupils of Pakistani and Black ethnicity had an attainment gap of more than 5% percentage points lower than White British pupils. Pupils of White Gypsy and Roma ethnicity had the lowest attainment levels with only 8.6% achieving five or more good GCSEs

 

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[h=3]DAME LOUISE'S REPORT AT A GLANCE [/h]Communities say the pace of change because of immigration has been 'too much' for them to deal with


There is 'nowhere near' enough integration in communities given the 'pace and scale' of population change


Some communities are becoming more segregated and Britain is facing 'escalating division and tensions in society'


Much more effort is needed to ensure integration and 'bind Britain together'


Migrants should sign up to an 'oath of integration with British values and society' as soon as they arrive or even before
Children should be taught British values of tolerance, democracy and respect as well as British laws and history


Women in some communities are being 'held back by regressive cultural practices' and face coercion, violence and abuse in the name of 'cultural or religious values'


Children being taught at home are being exposed to 'divisive practices'


Ministers should provide more English language classes for 'isolated groups'


All councillors, MPs and other public office holders should swear an 'oath of integration enshrining British values'.

 

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They should all be required to register with councils, and home schools should be told that 'divisive practices are not acceptable in any setting'.
Dame Louise says efforts to promote integration in recent years have failed, adding: 'They have been well-meaning but grossly insufficient to cope with the scale of the challenge. Events and projects that have been described to us as 'saris, samosas and steel drums' can help bring people together but too often attract the already well-intentioned and do not succeed in tackling difficult issues.'
Her conclusions about the conditions facing some women are particularly excoriating. Women face 'persistent gender inequalities' in some communities, including lack of job prospects at best, and at worst 'coercive control, violence and criminal acts of abuse, often enacted in the name of cultural or religious values'.
Dame Louise also calls for more action to tackle 'regressive and harmful' practices in Muslim communities, such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation and other abuses.
Dame Louise's oath proposal has not even come before ministers, so is a long way from potentially becoming law.
Dr Alan Mendoza, of the Henry Jackson Society security think-tank, said: 'This review contains serious concerns about the state of integration between different communities in the UK today, particularly Muslim communities in certain areas. I would urge the Government to strongly consider the nature of this problem and commit to action to counter it.'
Jon Yates, of The Challenge, a leading social integration charity, said: 'Unless we act urgently our country is in danger of becoming a less integrated and more divided place.'