The U.K. government published an announcement about its new language requirements for migrants.
"The new A2 requirement delivers the government's manifesto commitment to ensure that those coming to the UK on a family visa with only basic English will become more fluent over time," reads the news release as it currently appears on gov.uk.
"It will mean that the person can better engage in everyday conversation and thereby better participate and integrate in everyday life in the community."
Unlike David Cameron's own announcement of the plan last week during an interview with BBC Radio, the U.K. Home Office document makes no mention of deportation, specific religious groups, or combating extremism.
What it did contain was an unmistakable error, right at the top of the page: New English langauge test for family route migrants.
The fact that the word "language" had been misspelled in an announcement about the British government's new language testing rules for family route migrants grabbed much attention online over the weekend.
In response to the error, a spokesperson for Cameron told local reporters that "all of us are open to mistakes at times."
"The Prime Minister is fully confident that his team speak English competently," the spokesperson said. "I'm sure there have been a few errors occasionally in newspapers, too." Cont.
Story from - CBC News
Image from - Micheal Mandiberg - Flickr
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