Ruth Kelly Lays into Translation Services
The government's communities secretary, Ruth Kelly, laid into translation services last week on the BBC's Politics Show. Having information translated, she said, means people have no reason to learn...
View ArticleAustralia puts migrants to culture test
Migrants hoping to become Australian citizens will soon have to take a test examining their knowledge of the country's history and institutions, and endorse national values including "mateship". While...
View ArticleLearn the language before coming to the UK
Gordon Brown is ruling that medium-skilled migrants from outside the EU must speak and understand English. The “highly skilled” already have to; the unskilled, it seems, may remain uncomprehending. The...
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Muhammad & the teddy bear: a case of intercultural incompetence
Every now and again we get an international story that demonstrates the importance of cultural awareness in the modern age. Examples include the Israeli tourists kissing in a Hindu shrine, the movie...
View ArticleTrevor Phillips calls for free English lessons for migrant workers
Equalities guru Trevor Phillips has called on employers to bear the cost of migrant workers' English classes. Forty years on from the notorious Enoch Powell speech that slated the then government's...
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Immigration report proposals will hinder employers
Employers will find it more difficult to recruit skilled migrants from overseas if the government accepts proposals to further tighten up the immigration system, a law firm has warned. Alarm bells...
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Intercultural training materials for migrant workers
On a construction site near the future Olympic village in east London, more than half of the workforce is Asian, about a third Central and Eastern European (including a large contingent of Bulgarians)...
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