{"id":106639,"date":"2016-09-14T08:43:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106639"},"modified":"2016-09-14T08:43:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T16:43:49","slug":"government-language-tutor-claims-migrants-only-interested-in-benefits-boast-theyll-never-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=106639","title":{"rendered":"Government Language Tutor Claims Migrants Only Interested in Benefits, Boast They\u2019ll Never Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breitbart<\/a>: A woman employed teaching English to migrants with so-called refugee status has revealed students have no interest in learning the language or getting a job, and are mostly interested in the benefits they can extract from taxpayers.<\/p>\n

The teacher, who identified herself as \u2018Janet\u2019, rang Nick Ferrari\u2019s morning show on London\u2019s LBC to discuss her experience of giving taxpayer-funded English classes to Syrians and other migrants granted asylum.<\/p>\n

The call followed an exchange between Mr Ferrari and charity ActionAid\u2019s boss, Mike Noyes, on the 20,000 Syrians the government has agreed to resettle.<\/p>\n

After Mr Noyes expressed his approval of the scheme, which is projected to cost \u00a31.7 billion in the first four years alone, and spoke highly of the \u00a310 million set aside to teach the newcomers English, Janet said she felt compelled to tell her story.<\/p>\n

Telling the LBC host she teaches the sorts of people Mr Noyes referred to, Janet described the situation with English language lessons as a \u201cmess\u201d.<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cWe have so many students and they don\u2019t turn up. They don\u2019t want these lessons and they\u2019re not really interested in learning English.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Ferrari questioned her, asking: \u201cWhen you say they don\u2019t turn up, do you mean these special classes [that are paid for by the government]?\u201d<\/p>\n

Janet replied: \u201cSpecial classes that they don\u2019t have to pay for, and obviously we pay for it\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so so frustrating. I love teaching them, they\u2019re lovely people when they do turn up but a lot of them don\u2019t turn up. They\u2019re simply not interested in learning English.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of them have been here for many many years now, and when I was teaching English for employment some of them refused to go because they said \u2018Well I don\u2019t want to work. I don\u2019t want to work so I don\u2019t want to learn English for employment\u2019.<\/p>\n

Stunned, Mr Ferrari said: \u201cSo the natural extension of that is they were happy to live\u2026 I\u2019m assuming they\u2019re happy to live off the welfare state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janet confirmed, stating: \u201cThat is what they\u2019re doing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked how it makes her feel, she told the LBC presenter: \u201cWell I\u2019m quite honest with them, and I tell them how I feel. Like I say look, this is crazy, but\u2026 the next day after we left Europe a lot of them\u2026 a lot of them, their main concerns were will we still get housing benefit, will we get our College courses paid for and yes it\u2019s extremely frustrating. Extremely frustrating\u201d, Janet added.<\/p>\n

Mr Ferrari asked what the students say when challenged. Sounding forlorn, Janet paused before telling him: \u201cThey really don\u2019t care. I know it sounds horrible and I do like a lot of these students, don\u2019t get me wrong, but\u2026 it makes me so angry\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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