Refugees scared of citizenship test

 

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• A fear of failing Australia's citizenship test is stopping refugees from applying to become citizens.
• Refugees with little or no education feared failing the test and stopped them from seeking citizenship.
• The federal government on Monday announced it would review the citizenship test, as results show refugee groups had higher fail rates.
• Mr Afra said it was unrealistic to expect one test could fit all.
• The government also said there were fears the level of English used in the test had "crept up" to native speaker level.
• Since the test was introduced last October, 1,286 people failed it at their first attempt.