ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a detailed account of the recent expansion of integration requirements within British migration law. Recent developments concerning integration in British migration law began with proposals in the February 2002 White Paper 'Secure Borders, Safe Haven' for the reform of naturalisation law. The language requirement introduced by the 1914 Act applied to persons who were not British subjects, and wished to acquire that status through naturalization. The 2002 White Paper broke new ground in proposing a requirement for naturalisation that an individual have sufficient 'knowledge of life in the UK'. Applicants who reside outside the UK are likely to have particular difficulty with the various new integration requirements. The Immigration Rules concerning the language and 'knowledge of life' requirements contain similar provisions concerning age and physical or mental impairment to those applicable to naturalization. The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) was a points-based system for economic migration which was introduced in 2002.
