UK: English tests 'to help migrant wives integrate into British way of life'

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
Times Online

English tests 'to help migrant wives integrate into British way of life'

Thousands of foreigners who want to marry a British person and move to
this country would have to take an English test intended to help their
integration, under a Home Office plan. More than 40,000 foreigners,
including about 17,000 from the Indian subcontinent, would be
affected. The tests would be taken before the prospective immigrant
left for Britain. Ministers also announced proposals to curb forced
marriages and end immigration by low-skilled people from outside the
European Economic Area. The Government believes that Britain's needs
for low-skilled workers can be met from within the EU for the
"foreseeable future". It is also to bring forward measures barring
anyone given a jail term of more than 30 months from ever becoming a
British citizen.



Full story:

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article3007330.ece

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