Funds to abet migrants learn language are trustworthy,but will neither make up for earlier budget cuts nor abet tackle radicalisationDavid Cameron is moral to make an extra £20m available for English language teaching for novel migrants. He did, after all, and preside over much deeper funding cuts in 2011 for English language classes that have left novel migrants on 1000-plus waiting lists for courses at their local adult education colleges.
But the prime minister is incorrect to link the issue of integratiing a small proportion of novel migrants who can’t speak English,with that of tackling extremism. After all, speaking perfect English doesn’t appear to be a big problem for those British jihadis in Islamic State’s videos.
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Source: theguardian.com