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I stress that work is a pathway to integration. We have had riots—we had them in Bristol—and confrontations. One of the charges made is that these people come here and do not want to work. The truth is people do want to work. They want to bring their skills into the UK economy. At least let us give people the chance to dispel the myth that they are just coming here to get access to our benefits, only then to be pilloried and held responsible for a situation that is not of their own creation.