We note the Hansard reference (House of Lords debate 28th October 2009) to Lincolnshire, reported in a speech by John Packer, Lord Bishop of Ripon & Leeds, on the subject of migrant workers:
In seeking to involve migrant workers in the life of the local community, one of the most effective areas of integration is that of Integration Lincolnshire*, set up in order to affirm the rights of migrant workers in that county and to ensure that they are seen as a group that has come and contributed greatly to the life of that community. I hope that the way in which people who come to this country contribute to its life and common aims and values will again be stressed.
However, rural workers in Lincolnshire lose their jobs simply because of the complexity and inefficiency of the system. Integration Lincolnshire has been concerned with people found camping by the River Witham in Boston, unable either to find work or to return home. Documents become lost in the system, and that complexity damages us all. …………We are placing ever greater burdens on those who are keen to contribute to and want to repay our society through paid employment.
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Integration Lincolnshire* is a network of 30 agencies, helping East European migrants, contributing to strategy and action in the areas of work, language & housing. Our chairman (on the left) is Canon Alan Robson, Agricultural Chaplain and founder of the Rural Support Network. |
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