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| Councils should identify places where mass immigration may unsettle the local community, a report has said. | Councils should identify places where mass immigration may unsettle the local community, a report has said. |
| The Commission on Integration and Cohesion also suggests ways of handling potential problems to the government. | The Commission on Integration and Cohesion also suggests ways of handling potential problems to the government. |
| These include cultural briefing packs - giving tips on acceptable behaviour - and specialist integration teams to support areas experiencing strain. | These include cultural briefing packs - giving tips on acceptable behaviour - and specialist integration teams to support areas experiencing strain. |
| The report also warns that "diversity can have a negative impact, but only in particular circumstances". | The report also warns that "diversity can have a negative impact, but only in particular circumstances". |
| It also recommends ending funding for single-issue groups that cannot show they benefit the wider community. | It also recommends ending funding for single-issue groups that cannot show they benefit the wider community. |
| 'Cause for alarm' | 'Cause for alarm' |
| The proposed packs are based on work by some councils to explain basic facts about British ways of life to newly-arrived migrants. | The proposed packs are based on work by some councils to explain basic facts about British ways of life to newly-arrived migrants. |
| "The packs might say that we like to queue at the Post Office and the bus stop and we don't really like spitting in the street," said a spokesman. | "The packs might say that we like to queue at the Post Office and the bus stop and we don't really like spitting in the street," said a spokesman. |
| We have to recognise that there are communities who are experiencing migration in a way they haven't before and that can be unsettling Darra Singh, Commission on Integration and Cohesion Overcoming barriers A cohesive Britain? 'Model' migrant hotel worker | We have to recognise that there are communities who are experiencing migration in a way they haven't before and that can be unsettling Darra Singh, Commission on Integration and Cohesion Overcoming barriers A cohesive Britain? 'Model' migrant hotel worker |
| The commission found that areas which have never before experienced mass migration are on a frontline of change, such as rural areas which have seen the arrival of immigrant farm workers. | |
| Despite these warnings, commission chair Darra Singh said that, while tensions do exist, the UK remains predominantly united. | |
| Research conducted by the commission found three-quarters of those questioned said they preferred to live in ethnically-mixed neighbourhoods. | Research conducted by the commission found three-quarters of those questioned said they preferred to live in ethnically-mixed neighbourhoods. |
| The commission also recommends: | The commission also recommends: |
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| Mr Singh said: "We have to recognise that there are communities who are experiencing migration in a way they haven't before and that can be unsettling. | |
| "Whilst there is no cause for alarm, there is a clear case for action." | "Whilst there is no cause for alarm, there is a clear case for action." |
| Migrant increase | Migrant increase |
| Mr Singh called for special work at local level to predict how areas are changing so councils can develop tailored policies to help people get on. | |
| HAVE YOUR SAY There is an awful lot the indigenous population can learn from these new communities Zak Kahn, Glasgow Send us your comments | HAVE YOUR SAY There is an awful lot the indigenous population can learn from these new communities Zak Kahn, Glasgow Send us your comments |
| Ministers will respond in full to the report in the autumn, but Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly said it "raises some important questions for central government". | Ministers will respond in full to the report in the autumn, but Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly said it "raises some important questions for central government". |
| She said: "It is only by facing these issues head-on, that we can continue to benefit from migration and diversity, while maintaining the common bonds that tie us all together." | She said: "It is only by facing these issues head-on, that we can continue to benefit from migration and diversity, while maintaining the common bonds that tie us all together." |
| Professor Ted Cantle, who led the government inquiry into the riots in Bradford, Oldham and Burnley in 2001, said that there has been a big increase in the number of migrants. | Professor Ted Cantle, who led the government inquiry into the riots in Bradford, Oldham and Burnley in 2001, said that there has been a big increase in the number of migrants. |
| He added: "Some of these have given rise to tensions - but for the most part, of course, they have boosted the economy, they have contributed in ways that have been probably quite helpful to local firms and industry and not necessarily contributed to tension." | He added: "Some of these have given rise to tensions - but for the most part, of course, they have boosted the economy, they have contributed in ways that have been probably quite helpful to local firms and industry and not necessarily contributed to tension." |