Requiring immigrants to speak English 'breaches human rights,'

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 27 July, 2011 | NA

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A new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English to move to the UK to be with their spouse is a breach of human rights, a court heard today.

A couple have launched a judicial review at the High Court to challenge the rule, which they claim contravenes their rights to a family life, their right to marry and constitutes discrimination.

British citizen Rashida Chapti, 54, and husband Vali Chapti, 57, are applying for him to join her in the UK.

The couple have been married for 37 years and have six children together. Mr Chapti is an Indian national and does not speak, read or write English.

Mrs Chapti has reportedly been travelling between India and Leicester for around 15 years but has now applied for her husband to come and live in the UK with her.

But under new immigration rules announced by Home Secretary Theresa May in June 2010, he cannot do so due to a new English language requirement for migrants applying to come or stay in the UK as a spouse. Decision: Theresa May made the ruling that migrants applying to stay in the UK must learn English during June 2010

Decision: Theresa May made the ruling that migrants applying to stay in the UK must learn English during June 2010

The rule, which came into force in November last year, is thought to be part of the Government's pledge to reduce net migration.

But the Chaptis, along with two other couples, have launched proceedings to contest it.

At the High Court sitting in Birmingham, Manjit Gill QC, representing the couple, told the court the requirement was a breach of their human rights.

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Anymore everything in the U.K. ‘breaches human rights,’
for anything anybody does.The criminals over there use ‘breaches human rights,they run the country and we are not far behind. The illegals here are already doing this and it will only get worse