02/08/2011
With Julian Worricker. Speak English or don't come and live in the UK. Are new immigration rules fair or a breach of human rights?
Immigration: Should you be forced to learn English if you want to live in the UK? A British Indian woman is challenging a new rule that bans her husband from joining her in Britain because he can't speak a word of English. Rashida Chapti has lived here for six years. Her husband, Vali, is still in India and she wants him to move here. She claims the new rule is racist and breaches her human rights, so she's taking her case to the High Court. Does she have a point? Do you need to speak English to live and work in multi-cultural Britain? Or if you want to live here, is it only fair you learn the native tongue? Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. Your chance to share your views on the programme. Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk, text 84844 and we may call you back or call 03700 100 444. (Lines open at 10am Tuesday)
Producer Sally Abrahams.
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Should you be forced to learn English if you want to live in the UK?
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