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The proposed
has stoked
in Australia's parliament. Politicians
of the planned measure called the new language
"discriminatory" and "racist". They argue it targets people from non-Western
and their partners. A spokesman for Australia's opposition party said: "English
isn't a test of someone's love." He said couples already faced an uphill
in the application process and that the new requirement would add an "additional
". An immigration expert said: "It certainly puts a lot of
on couples who've been hit hard by COVID. Many of them have lost their jobs and now they've got this
burden to pass an English test."
