If people are unable to speak English, they should not be in the country. The data also showed almost 800,000 people could not speak English well. "Suggesting those arriving by small boat all speak English is as credible as claiming they are all Doctors and Engineers." Of the people who cannot speak English or cannot speak it well, nearly a third are Syrians, while more than a quarter of people from Bangladesh fall into the same category. Meanwhile, around a fifth of arrivals from China and Pakistan arrive in Britain unable to speak English.