Date:12/02/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/02/12/stories/2007021202451001.htm

Opinion - Letters to the Editor

U.K. & immigration

It is sad that hundreds of Indian doctors training in the U.K. may have to return home after they lost a legal challenge in the High Court of London (`Indian doctors lose legal battle,' Feb. 10). A government adopting a sons-of-the-soil policy for jobs is no surprise. Its own citizens come first for any country. However, if the Indian Government intervenes on behalf of the doctors and wins the case, it would be great.

R.M. Manoharan,
Chennai

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Actually the stumbling block in this regard is the exodus of doctors from other EU countries to Britain. However, many of these doctors are not fluent in English, which is a must for anyone wishing to work in the U.K. In contrast, most Asian doctors are proficient in English and this could be highlighted by the BAPIO in its proposed appeal.

Malaya Krishnamurthy,
Visakhapatnam