AFP•Getty An Eastern European supermarket in Boston (l) and the famous town church (r)

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Families who moved from Eastern Europe to Boston, Lincolnshire, say they feel no need to integrate. The small market town was revealed last week as the least integrated place in the country. Analysis of census figures showed that the 11,000 immigrants of Boston - around a sixth of the population - live more separate lives than anywhere in the country.

AFP Another Eastern European-branded shop in central Boston

Many say they can get by speaking no English, and there are Eastern European pubs, shops and jobs for them. One family said: "We love it here. It is just like living in Lithuania." Emil Koval, a 39-year-old father of two, lives on a street where more than 85 per cent of his neighbours are also immigrants.

Alamy One local complained that many of the town's shops are now not for natives

Mr Koval, a factory worker, moved to Boston from Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, with his family six years ago. He said: "We do have respect for British culture but there is so much of our country here it is hard to get homesick.

"Both my sisters are here — I’m thinking of getting Mum to come."