The former Conservative Party chairman said some were building "separate societies" and warned that immigrants from the "third world" had no intention of integrating.
Lord Tebbit also supported a ban on women wearing a full face veil in certain cases where it is essential to see people's faces.
He told Sky News' Murnaghan programme that his concerns about immigration were not over Bulgarian and Romanian people who could enter the UK after transitional controls expire at the end of the year.
"Let's not jump to that conclusion about immigration. The bigger problem that is caused in our cities is caused by immigrants from the third world who have got no intention of integrating here," he said.
"They are people who left their country, came here and are trying to recreate their country in our country. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
