Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help promote the integration of immigrants.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
All refugees and those granted protection in the UK should be able to fully integrate into British life and become self-sufficient, providing for themselves and their families, and contributing to the economy.
Refugees, as well as individuals arriving through refugee resettlement schemes with Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK, have access to the labour market and to mainstream benefits and services to enable their integration. We are working across Government to ensure these services meet the needs of refugees.
We recognise that the ability to speak English is key to helping refugees integrate into life in England, as well as to breaking down barriers to work and career progression. The Home Office works closely with other Government departments to ensure mainstream English language provision meets the needs of refugees.
Mentions:
1: Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab - Life peer) immigration, huge reductions in public services and the language used for the past 10 years describing immigrants - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Morgan (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, is not the policy of issuing visas being used deliberately to cut back the number of immigrants - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and Kinross-shire) Gentleman’s constituency and other constituencies around Scotland to get the immigrants they require. - Speech Link
2: Angus MacDonald (LD - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire) availability of dentists in the highlands is also a disaster.We have heard about the importance of allowing immigrants - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Todd, Maree (SNP - Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) The workforce in social care is under real pressure and has been supported by immigrants for many years - Speech Link
Feb. 27 2024
Source Page: Global community must take collective action on migrationFound: I am descended from immigrants on both sides of my family.
We want the Government to stop providing accommodation, financial support and healthcare to people who have entered the UK illegally.
Found: Stop giving accommodation, financial support & healthcare to illegal immigrants
Found: issue is that there is a ground 7B where the Home Office serve notice on the landlord about illegal immigrants
Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) How many more immigrants does he want to come to the UK from Afghanistan? - Speech Link
2: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) For far too long we have had far too many illegal immigrants coming into our country. - Speech Link