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Immigration Controls: English Language

Asked by Lisa SmartLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 23 May 2025UIN 52732

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025, what level of English language proficiency people applying for refugee

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including family reunion, further details of which will be set out in due course.

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