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Refugees should be given free English language classes to support their integration into the UK, the Institute for Public Policy Research, a leading think tank, has proposed.

Research carried out by the IPPR found that refugees experienced a “discongruity of belonging” where Britishness was not cultivated through local integration but experienced on a national level through freedom and peace.

The government looks set to press ahead with proposals to charge failed asylum seekers for primary healthcare despite widespread opposition, campaigners have said.

It is estimated that there are more than 120,000 refugee and asylum-seeking children in the UK including 80,000 in UK schools.