A think tank has called on the government to do more to integrate ethnic communities following publication of a report showing that poor Muslim areas are among the most segregated in Britain. But a UK Independence Party MEP said the results proved multiculturalism had failed thanks to some ethnic groups, most notably Pakistani Muslims, who showed “total disregard for the law”. Examining all towns and cities with a population larger than 20,000, and where at least 15 percent of the population were ethnic minorities, Policy Exchange has ranked the areas according to what extent different groups lived and worked alongside one another, and how the different communities felt about one another. It found that two main regions accounted for the majority of segregated areas: the post-industrial communities of Yorkshire and Lancashire “dominated” by “mainly Pakistani” communities, and Eastern English towns which have experienced “large inflows” of Eastern European immigrants. In addition, the authors noted that England and Wales’ least residentially integrated regions tend to be poor areas with a largely Muslim population. Boston in Lincolnshire, Wisbech in Cambridgeshire and Oldham in Manchester were ranked the top three least integrated areas in the UK. By contrast, the most integrated places – Amersham in Buckinghamshire, Sutton