In an interview discussing the rise in net migration figures, British MP and GB News co-host, Philip Davies said that he believes the onus to integrate with the communities lies with migrants.
Philip Davies who presents two weekly shows alongside his wife Esther McVey on GB News, referred to his father in a recent interview discussing demands from Tory MPs to take action.
The net migration rate is the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants divided by the population. When the number of immigrants is larger than the number of emigrants, a positive net migration rate occurs.
According to the BBC, net migration into the UK was a record 745,000 last year, figures show – far higher than originally thought.
Philip Davies’ views were made clear in his message to migrants in which he said: “Of course, it’s got to be on the person coming into the country, the onus has to be on you to integrate into the country that you are moving in to.”
He also called on our public bodies to enforce that integration even slamming his own local authority, Bradford Council, for translating everything into “lord knows how many languages”.
Insisting that everything should just be in English, he recalled actions by his father, Peter Davies, from when he was the Mayor of Doncaster.
He said: “He scrapped the translation service at Doncaster Council and made sure that everything was just produced in English.”
The news follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also conceding migration is “too high” after one of his senior ministers said it was “unacceptable” that there were a record number of arrivals last year.
Mr Sunak said: “I’m very clear that the levels of migration are too high and they’ve got to come down to more sustainable levels.”
He pointed to the ONS recording that migration was “slowing” but said he recognised “we’ve got more to go” to bring down the number of entrants.
