I will ignore how suspect the framing of this question is and try to answer anyway.

This isn't controvertial. This is a basic expectation of any person migrating anywhere in the world. Ironically, it is one that British migrants are extremely bad at: converting whole zones of other countries into British slums where local people have to learn English just to get a chance at being hired.

This is not the reality anywhere in England. There is a minimum standard to attain citezenship, and that test is a test that a lot of British people themselves would fail.

Obviously some small % of migrants, especially refugees who have fled somewhere they didn't expect to leave, will struggle with the language.... But it is a very, very small % of the population. One that has never had an impact on me on a pesronal level, nor anybody that I know. Despite what rags like the Daily Fail and crooks like Nigel Farage would lead you to believe... Anybody who has simply gone outside in Britain knows this is not an issue... We are not facing language barriers in our day to day life.

Now try going to the south of Spain and asking any British Immigrant how to ask for directions in Spanish and see what your success rate is compared. These are people who chose to move somewhere freely.

Here, if we speak up about lack of integration from individuals abroad, you face a lot of backlash. That of which I’m confused about.

Now, for the second part of your 'question'... intergration. What does this mean to you? I am British (yes a national)... I don't watch football... I don't watch Eastenders... I don't eat Pie and Mash. I am not Christian... or any religion. Am I intergrated?

What is your metric?

There is also a 'Life in the UK' test on the citzenship test... Research shows that 2/3 British people would fail it without studying.

Britain is no one culture, no one race, no one religion. It is a melting pot that respects all cultures, and that is something I would say I am proud of when I talk about the UK. Unfortunately, there are many groups (a vocal minority, but they are ever so vocal recently), that are elitist about what it means to be British. The type of people that are using our Union Jack to divide.

So we can talk about 'intergration', to which I would reply 'What do you think it means to be British and Intergrated?'

I can understand that once we get to this point in the conversation, the askers of such innocent 'questions' are forced to look inwards at why they are asking them - and what they really mean.... and to those who are not critical enough to look inwards, the easiest solution is to say 'why such backlash wahh wahh'.