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The most restrictive immigration reform in Australia has been rejected, reported or repealed

 
[Immigration News]     18 Jun 2019
There are reports that government will no longer push for the strictest naturalization reform. (SBS pictures)
The most restrictive immigration reform in Australia has been rejected, reported or repealed

There are reports that government will no longer push for the strictest naturalization reform. (SBS pictures)


Federal government is reported to withdraw plans to make naturalization testing more difficult, with support from a number of community leaders.

Earlier this year, government announced the proposed reforms, as well as other adjustments to Australian immigration quotas and visa trials, SBS reported.

According to the original plan, government hopes to score at least six points on the IELTS (IELTS) test to prove that immigrants who have reached the level of English (Competent English) are eligible to join Australia. After the Senate was thwarted, the government reduced English requirements to "medium (Moderate)" or IELTS 5 points. But if applicants fail the naturalization exam three times, government will forbid them to refer to it for two years.

According to the Messenger Post, government will no longer push for reforms.

But the immigration minster, David Coleman, said to the SBS: "Government`s detailed programme for the future`s population (policy) has been drawn up in March and is intended to be fully put into practice."

He said: "The government is still focusing on the continuing implementation of the naturalization requirement and the more naturalisation program (reform) to ensure that the best chance of success is to be committed to becoming an Australian citizen."

The alliance Council of Australian ethnic communities, (Federation of Ethnic Communities`Councils of Australia), supported the move after hearing that government was no longer carrying out naturalization reforms. President Patsos (Mary Patetsos) said: "the vast majority of immigrants seeking citizen status in Australia have mastered high-level English skills. In Australia, their English skills are advancing by leaps and bounds. Immigrants understand the importance of mastering the (English) language and work hard to learn English so that they can fully integrate into it and contribute to society."

"Multicultural groups across the country take the lead in opposing tests that require new immigrants to reach college English proficiency," said minister Gannelly (Kristina Keneally), a Labour shadow migrant.

She refers to the proposed reform "discriminatory", "This is an unprovoked and unfair attack on the question of naturalization, more of which is in the tearing society, not the society."

FECCA`s Pat Soares said the government needed "encouragement and motivation" to naturalize rather than "to punish or prevent" them. "It is important to ensure that migrants have equal access to quality and affordable English learning and other support services, such as the provision of care services for parents (immigrants) as needed."

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