London: An advice for those planning to immigrate to Britain -- this time from the government -- welcome to the United Kingdom, but please don't eat fish.
Yes, migrants will be given DOs and DON'Ts packs immediately after their arrival in the country. The pamphlets will set out a series of rights and responsibilities to help them "get to grips with what is expected of them, from national laws to local traditions", the Daily Mail reported. The proposed move follows police warnings that a number of migrants are driving while over the legal limit and taking fish such as carp from rivers without permission.
"As a Government and a country, we must be honest there are issues we need to address as a result of new patterns of migration and ensure that we have the ideas and policies to tackle them over the next ten years," Britain's Communities Secretary Hazel Blears was quoted as saying. In fact, the leaflets are part of the government's 50-million pound response to a report from the Commission on Integration and Cohesion which had slated existing methods of promoting better race relations.
Guidance sent to local councils across Britain will say "not being able to speak English is the biggest barrier to integration". The plan also includes specialist integration and cohesion teams to help councils struggling to cope with new arrivals. The government is also mulling to make British teenagers to attend citizenship ceremonies side by side with immigrants in the year they complete their GCSE exams. It may be mentioned that already migrants arriving in Cornwall are presented with a pack, produced in English, Polish, Portuguese and Russian. It warns sternly that domestic violence "is not acceptable in this country".