However, the official welcoming of community languages does not correspond with real practices. According to Oftede's annual reports, the status of community languages is still low, as well as their teaching. This “can be found at all levels: secondary, primary, teacher training, and at HE level, no degree courses for the most widely spoken community languages” . One more drawback of the educational policy of the UK is unequal access to education. For example, although newcomers who are not members of the EU have the right to free compulsory education, access to vocational education or higher education is still limited. These shortcomings and problems have yet to be overcome. But what can be done at this moment is the improvement of teaching
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Families have to deal with multiple bureaucracy issues and the highest requirements for income. Moreover, the rules apply only to spouses and children under 18 years of age, and in both cases it is necessary to provide conclusive evidence of relation, f. ex., marriage certificate, which is very hard to receive for refugees who are out of the home country or if their home country typically does not provide such documents; relationships with children should also be proved by birth certificate or even DNA evidence. For other relationships (dependent adults, adopted children, etc.) different rules apply. In addition to very strict criteria for eligibility, which includes a test for knowledge of the language, there is also a high fee for applications that not everyone can afford. High fee, language proficiency exam, and confirmation of high incomes lead to the delay of family reunification, and overall, affect integration to labour market and society. The family reunion waiting period is the largest in the UK, sometimes it is more than 5 years, because applicants can not reunite with family members until they get permanent status themselves. Moreover, the children who got refugee status in the UK cannot act as sponsors, so they are not allowed to bring their family . The government claims that the rules in force have the right balance, while “more generous rules might act as a pull factor for asylum …show more content…
These initiatives can also help in the reunification of families. Some of such resettlement schemes are “Mandate” and “Gateway” resettlement schemes. Refugees who have close relatives in the UK, for example, spouses, parents or grandparents, minor children, can participate in this program. Similarly, within the framework of the programme “Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement” the government is going to resettle 20,000 refugees. The presence of family ties in the UK is one of the reasons for the potential right to participate in the program. There are also some schemes targeting refugee children, such as “Immigration Act 2016: Resettlement for unaccompanied children in Europe”, “Children at risk” resettlement scheme and “Resettlement schemes for vulnerable children”. Applications for the reunification of the refugee family amounted to the majority of applications. According to the latest statistics, there is a 54% increase in the number of decisions on permission for reunification, compared to the previous year
Families have to deal with multiple bureaucracy issues and the highest requirements for income. Moreover, the rules apply only to spouses and children under 18 years of age, and in both cases it is necessary to provide conclusive evidence of relation, f. ex., marriage certificate, which is very hard to receive for refugees who are out of the home country or if their home country typically does not provide such documents; relationships with children should also be proved by birth certificate or even DNA evidence. For other relationships (dependent adults, adopted children, etc.) different rules apply. In addition to very strict criteria for eligibility, which includes a test for knowledge of the language, there is also a high fee for applications that not everyone can afford. High fee, language proficiency exam, and confirmation of high incomes lead to the delay of family reunification, and overall, affect integration to labour market and society. The family reunion waiting period is the largest in the UK, sometimes it is more than 5 years, because applicants can not reunite with family members until they get permanent status themselves. Moreover, the children who got refugee status in the UK cannot act as sponsors, so they are not allowed to bring their family . The government claims that the rules in force have the right balance, while “more generous rules might act as a pull factor for asylum …show more content…
These initiatives can also help in the reunification of families. Some of such resettlement schemes are “Mandate” and “Gateway” resettlement schemes. Refugees who have close relatives in the UK, for example, spouses, parents or grandparents, minor children, can participate in this program. Similarly, within the framework of the programme “Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement” the government is going to resettle 20,000 refugees. The presence of family ties in the UK is one of the reasons for the potential right to participate in the program. There are also some schemes targeting refugee children, such as “Immigration Act 2016: Resettlement for unaccompanied children in Europe”, “Children at risk” resettlement scheme and “Resettlement schemes for vulnerable children”. Applications for the reunification of the refugee family amounted to the majority of applications. According to the latest statistics, there is a 54% increase in the number of decisions on permission for reunification, compared to the previous year