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| Migrants who can’t speak English are able to buy documents showing they have passed a vital language test, an investigation has found. | Migrants who can’t speak English are able to buy documents showing they have passed a vital language test, an investigation has found. |
| The documents, required for migrants to obtain British citizenship, are reportedly being sold by one examination centre in London for £500. | The documents, required for migrants to obtain British citizenship, are reportedly being sold by one examination centre in London for £500. |
| The Home Office has said it will carry out a full investigation of the findings, which could lead to criminal prosecutions for fraud. | The Home Office has said it will carry out a full investigation of the findings, which could lead to criminal prosecutions for fraud. |
| "The Home Office takes any allegation of fraud extremely seriously and we have already begun a full investigation," Immigration and Security minister James Brokenshire told the Daily Mail. | |
| "We will take the strongest possible action against anyone who is found to have abused the rules - including the possibility of criminal prosecutions for fraud." | "We will take the strongest possible action against anyone who is found to have abused the rules - including the possibility of criminal prosecutions for fraud." |
| The Daily Mail said it carried out the investigation into the examination centre at Upton Park, east London, following a tip-off from a whistleblower. | The Daily Mail said it carried out the investigation into the examination centre at Upton Park, east London, following a tip-off from a whistleblower. |
| The centre, which has passed 50,000 candidates, is run by Learn Pass Succeed (LPS) which has four offices in London and describes itself a “modern, accredited institution” on its website. | The centre, which has passed 50,000 candidates, is run by Learn Pass Succeed (LPS) which has four offices in London and describes itself a “modern, accredited institution” on its website. |
| Last night, Uzwan Ghani, one of the directors of LPS, said he was “shocked” by the paper’s findings. | Last night, Uzwan Ghani, one of the directors of LPS, said he was “shocked” by the paper’s findings. |
| "I'm shocked that this has happened and am very concerned as to how it could have happened," he added. | |
| "We are very thorough when it comes to checking IDs of candidates before they take the test, so I will have to investigate which of the centres the test was taken in and who the assessor was. | "We are very thorough when it comes to checking IDs of candidates before they take the test, so I will have to investigate which of the centres the test was taken in and who the assessor was. |
| "I've been in the business for five years and I've never come across something like this and I would not allow it. It is wrong and ridiculous”. | "I've been in the business for five years and I've never come across something like this and I would not allow it. It is wrong and ridiculous”. |