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The English test is
. Politicians critical of the new
called it "discriminatory" and "racist". They said it targets people from non-Western
. A spokesman for Australia's
party said: "English proficiency isn't a test of someone's
." He said
already faced an uphill
in the application process. An immigration expert said: "It
puts a lot of pressure on couples who've been hit hard by COVID. Many of them have lost their
and now they've got this added
to pass an English test."