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Aral Kakl (right), a Kurdish Iraqi journalist, his Syrian wife Shevin, his brother Rewan and some other refugees who have applied for the relocation programme, kill time in the cafeteria of their Athens hotel. Photo: Nicola Zolin/IRIN
irinnews.org - by Andrew Connelly
ATHENS, 18 January 2016 (IRIN) - “Relocation does not work.”
With these words on Thursday, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos finally admitted that the bloc’s September agreement to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from the frontline states of Greece and Italy to other EU states over two years has been a dismal failure. After the Commission revealed recently that only 272 asylum seekers had been relocated in the past four months, few could deny it.
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UK: English Test - Potential Deportation, Separation of Migrants
David Cameron says migrant families could be broken up and mothers deported if they fail new English test
The tests will apply to spouses who have been living in Britain for over two years
independent.co.uk - by Jon Stone - January 18, 2016
Families could be broken up and mothers deported after years of living in Britain if they fail a new mandatory English language test, David Cameron has confirmed.
The Prime Minister today outlined plans to language-test all spouses who immigrate join their partner living in Britain two and a half years after they arrive here.
Failing the language test could lead to the new arrival’s right to stay in the UK being revoked and them being sent back to their country of origin, he said.
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