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Conservative Home Secretary to Condemn Migration as Undermining UK Society

© REUTERS / Darren StaplesBritain's Home Secretary Theresa May speaks to members of the media after addressing the Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales annual conference in Kenilworth, Britain, September 9, 2015
Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May speaks to members of the media after addressing the Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales annual conference in Kenilworth, Britain, September 9, 2015 - Sputnik International
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According to a text of a speech previewed by local media, a high immigration rate undermines the possibility of a close-knit UK society, British Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to say Tuesday.

A migrant holds a placard reading 'I am Ahmed. Go to UK' as part of a rally of around 3000 migrants and members of associations aiding migrants including British associations, in the northern French port city of Calais, on September 19, 2015 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) A high immigration rate undermines the possibility of a close-knit UK society, British Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to say Tuesday, according to a text of a speech previewed by local media.

May will deliver a speech at a Conservative Party conference underway in Manchester.

"When immigration is too high, when the pace of change is too fast, it's impossible to build a cohesive society," The Guardian reported that May is expected to say, after receiving a text of the speech.

May is expected to add that the country’s core housing and transport infrastructure will be unable to cope with a large influx of migrants.

Citing reports by the House of Lords economic committee and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the speech is reported to state that while benefits of selective immigration are high, the positive effects of hundreds of thousands immigrants are questionable.

The United Kingdom, along with other EU member states, is currently struggling to manage the largest migrant crisis since World War II, as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee conflict-torn Middle East and North Africa, trying to reach the European Union.

According to the European Commission, some 500,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in the bloc this year. Prime Minister David Cameron said that the UK would accept 20,000 migrants under its own plan, separate from the EU quota scheme of migrant distribution.

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