» Thursday, July 12, 2007

Naturalisation

Put that the Daily Mail had reported today that a million people had obtain naturalisation since 1997, was this something we welcomed, and what did they contribute to the economy, the PMS replied that applications to British citizenship fell by 32% in 2006, mainly due to the introduction on 1st November 2005 of the new requirement for the applicant to demonstrate a knowledge of life in the UK, as well as their English language ability.

Asked if the EU accession of member states would have had an impact, the PMS said that he had not personally done the analysis, but there was a sharp fall last year which was due to the new English language requirements.

Asked if overall the Prime Minister welcomed that a million people had sought and obtained naturalisation rights here, the PMS said that as the Prime Minister had made clear many times before, the principle of controlled migration had had a benefit to the UK economy.

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