patriot wrote:

LONDON (Reuters) - People wanting to settle in Britain had a duty to
integrate and must conform to its values or stay away, Prime Minister
Tony Blair said on Friday.

Blair said the government would take a series of measures to encourage
immigrants and minorities to mix with mainstream British society.

Migration had been good for Britain and London's hospitality
to many nationalities had made it perhaps the most popular capital city
in the world, Blair said.
"But we protect this attitude by defending it. Our tolerance is part of
what makes Britain Britain. So conform to it; or don't come here. We
don't want the hate-mongers, whatever their race, religion or creed,"
he told an audience that included academics, students and Muslim
leaders.

Britain is reassessing its attitude to racial and religious minorities
following last year's bombings when four British Islamists killed 52
people in suicide bombings on London transport's network.

The government has cracked down on radical Islamic preachers who it
says inspire suicide bombers. However, experts say the government's
focus on Islam could backfire if Britain's 1.8 million Muslims feel
they are under attack.
Immigrants wishing to live in Britain will have to pass an English test
and ethnic or religious groups seeking government grants will have to
show they promote integration, Blair said.

There was no question of Britain allowing the introduction of religious
law, he said.

According to recent media reports, some minority groups have their own
courts in Britain ruling on divorce and disputes between neighbours and
there is reported to be an unofficial Somali court in London dealing
with criminal matters.

"We must demand allegiance to the rule of law," Blair said.

To combat forced marriages, the government will consult on raising the
age for people entering Britain to get married above the current
minimum of 18, he said.

The British population rose by 500 people a day in 2005 as the number
of new immigrants dwarfed the total leaving the country, according to
official figures released in November.

Blair said there was no need to scrap multicultural Britain, in which
different communities live side by side.

"On the contrary we should continue celebrating it. But we need -- in
the face of the challenge to our values -- to reassert also the duty to
integrate...," he said.

Race relations are under the spotlight in other European countries.
France bans Muslim headscarfs and other religious garb from state
schools while the Dutch government agreed last month to ban the wearing
of Muslim face veils in public.

A debate over the use of full veils by some Muslim women has also
gripped Britain.

Blair, who has previously called the veil a "mark of separation", said
on Friday it was common sense that "when it is an essential part of
someone's work to communicate directly with people, being able to see
their face is important

They shouldn't be given a chance - ship the shitskins back to sand
***** lands.