Cameron Toughens Language Requirements for U.K. Immigrants
- Migrants will have to show they are improving their English
- PM raises link between language skills and threat of extremism
Border Force personnel check passports of passengers arriving at Gatwick Airport.
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Prime Minister David Cameron said immigrants to the U.K. who can’t show their language skills are improving may face deportation, as part of an effort to encourage Muslim women to learn English.
“At the moment, someone can move here with very basic English and there’s no requirement to improve it over time,” Cameron wrote in an article for The Times newspaper published Monday. “We will change that. We will now say: if you don’t improve your fluency, that could affect your ability to stay in the U.K.”