Protests at spouses' English tests / Guardian, June 20, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/20/immigration.immigrationpolicy
Alan Travis
“Immigration lawyers have told ministers that spouses and fiancees should not be barred from joining a partner in the UK for language reasons and that the plan could breach the human rights convention's guarantees to the right to marry and have a family life. Other immigration organisations said the measure would discriminate against those from rural areas in south Asia, where the opportunities to learn English are limited. Others argued that as EU citizens could settle in Britain without a language test it was clearly not a prerequisite for coping with life in Britain and therefore was more symbolic than practical.”