'I feel like a foreigner in my own country': Inside the 'British GHETTOS' where 21-year-old says he barely sees a white face and Muslim taxi driver blames Eastern Europeans for 'ruining' his home

• Downing Street report says British towns have changed 'out of all recognition'
• Towns have become ghettoised because of a failure to handle mass immigration
• Northern cities such as Sheffield and Bradford are named by Dame Louise Casey
• Page Hall, Sheffield, has high population of Eastern Europeans  and Romany
• MailOnline spoke to residents in Page Hall and in 'Muslim areas' of Bradford
• Taxi driver attacked influx of Eastern Europeans for being 'too lazy' to work

A third generation British-born Muslim blames an influx of 'lazy benefit scroungers' from Eastern Europe for ruining his once desirable inner city suburb - while a 21-year-old says he wants more 'British people' as neighbours.

Taxi driver Imran Khan, who now lives in a multi-cultural 'melting pot' in Sheffield with littered streets and complaints over noise, said: 'It's turned into ghetto land. 

'There's nothing wrong with immigration as long as it's controlled. The problem is it's not.'

Father-of-one Imran, 38, said ultimately it was the fault of the Government and individual councils across the country.

They spoke out as a damning Downing Street report revealed that towns have changed 'out of all recognition' and sunk into ghettos because of a failure by governments to handle mass immigration.

Imran was born and raised in Page Hall on the outskirts of Sheffield. Today more than 6,000 people of Roma or Eastern European descent live largely in his South Yorkshire council ward.

He told MailOnline: 'My granddad and dad both worked in the steel industry for many years and contributed to society. There's an influx of Eastern Europeans, mainly Slovakians, and they are here to claim benefits. They're too lazy to work.

'Come her and contribute but don't be a burden!

'I've worked hard all my life and resent spongers coming over here and doing nothing. I was in the steel industry with my brother but was made redundant 10 years ago and became a cabbie. Does it pay to work or pay to sit at home?'

Ironically many of Imran's clients are the immigrants.

Imran, whose namesake is the cricket legend, said his neighbourhood was now divided into ghettos. He said: 'It's a real melting pot. We've got lots of Asians and Eastern Europeans and a few white British.

'We all stick to our own groups and faiths and rarely interact which is a shame. Living in a community shouldn't be like that.

'The Slovaks and Romas cause conflict because of the different cultures.'

Imran, who works for City Taxis, said the neighbourhood was awash with littered streets and house prices have tumbled. He said: 'You put your clothes out to dry and they'll get pinched, you ask people to turn the music down but they don't give a damn.

'Immigration affects everyone. People want to move away but I'm staying put. It's my home.'  

Cigarette packets, drink cans, waste paper, food remnants and even old shoes are strewn across the main road, side streets and pavements.

The council rarely cleans up satisfactorily and pupils from the local secondary school are sometimes seen out in force picking up litter.

Pakistani hair salon boss Muhammad Qasim said the area was divided into ghettos with Asians and Eastern Europeans 'living together but apart in the same community.'

Single Muhammad, 27, said: 'My customers are mainly Asians. We live our life here bonding together and have very little to do with the others. That's the way it is.'

Immigration advisor Suhail Ahmed believes the problem with ghettos has eased over the past six months because of the Government's clampdown on housing benefits. 

Suhail, who has an office in the heart of Sheffield's Page Hall, said: 'We have so many different nationalities here and it causes a divide. But the ghetto situation is getting a bit better and there's not as many people hanging around because of stricter requirements for benefits.' 

His booming Immigration Services business mainly helps Middle East, Asian and African clients as 'the Eastern Europeans have a right to be here.'  

Suhail said many residents only spoke their own language and were 'quite restricted' being part of the wider community but didn't cause any trouble.' 

He told how huge queues outside a nearby cash machine snaked the street in benefits pay day. Then the local William Hill bookies - one of the few true Brit brands in the neighbourhood - would be swamped with punters. 

Nestled around his office are a huge array of shops, predominantly Asian, Kurdish and Polish food stores, halal butchers and barbers. 

One Asian store is now cashing in by stocking half its shelves with Eastern European groceries. But none of the migrants appear to be shop keepers or even work in them. 

Slovakian teenager David Ziga moved to the area eight years ago 'to get a better life.' He works as a factory food packer and hits back at critics who say his countryfolk are scroungers. He said: 'I work hard and so do others. I love it here and prefer my time chilling out.' 

MailOnline struggled to find any Eastern European mothers who could either speak English or who were willing to talk to us. 

One young mother with a push chair simply shook her head and waved her finger when we approached her for an interview. 

At the Pakistani Advice Centre in Page Hall Road the manager said: 'We're here to help everyone and get people out of poverty and onto benefits. ' 

It's a multi racial and cultural community and we cater for white British, Roma, Yemeni, Pakistani people and Eastern Europeans.' 

The female manager, who refused to give her name, admitted: 'It has been an extremely challenging time for us with multiple and complex needs. 

'The language barrier, not having access to services and limited education are the main problems. 'It has taken us and the City Council a huge amount of energy, time and effort to help move forward in Page Hall.' 

MailOnline saw queues of Eastern Europeans seeking help at the counter with interpreters. The Centre is being urged to change its name soon 'to keep more in line with everyone and not offend anyone,' the manager said.  

'SOME MUSLIMS STAY SECLUDED BECAUSE IT'S HOW THEY FEEL SAFE': STUDENT WHO MOVED TO BRADFORD FROM PAKISTAN SYMPATHISES WITH 'GHETTO' CLAIMS

A 21-year-old who was on his way to pray at his local mosque in Manningham, Bradford, said he can sympathise with those who prefer to stick to their own communities. 

The young man, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'Some Muslims think like that and they stay secluded in their area because they feel safe. 

'Politicians have tried so many times to ban the hijab that a lot do feel they are scared to leave their area. It's a big commitment to wear a burka in this country.' 

The sports student, who moved from Pakistan to England when he was aged seven and now lives in Manningham, Bradford, West Yorks, said: 'I went to college in Harrogate [North Yorks].

'I have a beard and I was wearing a hat because it was cold and a backpack. I had a lot of people thinking they were going to get blown up. '

They see a beard and a backpack as a sign of a terrorist because of the media.' He added: 'I don't blame non-Muslims because it's what's they learn from the media, but I do blame them for not researching it themselves.'

Karam Hussain, 19, a student from Toller, Bradford, said: 'A lot of people might think Britain is a Muslim country because they are not leaving their communities and will just stick to one area. 

'People around here will stay in this area because they have everything they need in their areas. 

'If they went to live in a white area then there wouldn't be shops for Asian people.'

Dad-of-four Sayed Hussain, 43, a mobile phone salesman, said: 'If I leave my community it is because I want more knowledge but there are people that don't know what is going on in the rest of the population.' 

Dad-of-six Mohammed Riaz, 62, a shopkeeper also from Toller, said: 'I don't know why people would think that there was a problem with integration. 

'As far as I'm concerned everything is okay in the UK.' 

Father-of-four Mohammed Talib, 65, a fabric salesman, from Toller, said: 'I don't think we have any problems with integration.

'This is our country now and we have been here for a long time and we have worked hard for the UK.'

Mohammad Shabrase, a Muslim who has lived in the Manningham area of Bradford, West Yorks, all his life, and has four children, said he did not see any problems with integration but said there are some people who only experience their own community.

'I'm a Muslim born in Bradford [but] I think for people who come from abroad and settle down, they've got different views.

'They only see their area or community they settle in. They don't experience other parts of Britain, like Scotland or Wales or even London.'

Koran Khan, a 22-year-old Muslim, said: '[Muslims] probably feel intimidated. If they are in an Asian community and they go to a different community where there is a different ethnic background or relgiiion, they might feel awkward.

'For example, I'm brown skinned so if I go into an environment where it's all white or black, they'll probably just look at me differently. For example, sometimes when I sit on the bus and they just look up and down at me really differently. It makes you feel very insecure.'

Her younger brother, Junaid Khan, 20 and also a student, added: 'Being in the same community just makes you more comfortable and more confident.'