Australia Doubling Its Immigration Intake

04 Nov 2016

Without any doubt Australia is the most loved country by immigrants, this has been proved once again with its new immigration plan. The new report released by The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) stated that Australia could double its annual permanent migration over 40 years and reap significant economic benefits for the average person.

The report released by CEDA titled “Migration: The economic debate” have made 17 recommendations to improve Australia’s migration program, saying the changes are required to ensure Australia remains one of the best programs in the world.

The following are the few recommendations made in the report:

• Consider the impact of the current migration program on Melbourne and Sydney and subsequent future infrastructure and services requirements.
• Provide a more robust model for determining occupation shortages with respect of 457 visas.
• Shift to a universal points test for permanent skilled migrants and tighten entry requirements relating to age, skills and English-language proficiency.
• Review and cap the working holiday visa program and possibly introduce a purpose-built guest worker program for specific industries struggling to attract adequate low-skilled workers.
• Increase penalties for exploiting migrant workers.
• Improve settlement services and support, access to English language pro-grams and recognition of foreign qualifications.

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