Minister defends Braverman’s comments on multiculturalism

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Cabinet minister Lucy Frazer has defended the home secretary's remarks on immigration in a speech in Washington, amid a backlash from charities and a rebuke from the UN refugee agency.  The culture secretary said that “it is really important that when people come here, they integrate into the society.”   Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Yes, we need to take people.

00:01 Yes, multiculturalism enhances and adds to our society,

00:05 but it is really important that when people come here

00:08 that they integrate into our society.

00:11 And people who are already here don't feel

00:14 that there are disadvantages

00:17 and that there's too many calls on community services.

00:21 Therefore, it's important,

00:24 the scale of immigration that we take.

00:26 It's really important to understand

00:28 that uncontrolled illegal immigration

00:31 is an international challenge.

00:34 The UN has said that 108 million people

00:38 will have been displaced,

00:40 forcibly displaced by the end of 2022.

00:43 And it's really important

00:44 that we have international solutions to that.

00:47 That's why the UK has entered into a historic agreement

00:50 with France to stop those Channel Boat crossings.

00:53 It's why we've entered into an agreement

00:55 with Albania, a returns agreement.

00:57 And it's why our small boats policy is working.

01:00 You know, we've seen 20% reduction

01:03 in those small boat crossings this year

01:06 as compared to last year.

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