Australia is a traditional immigrant state as the country was established by British immigration since 1788. Australia is one of the fastest population growing countries in the OECD member and about 58% of the population increase is attributable to net immigrants(Hugo, 2014).
Establishment of the Department of Immigration in 1945, Australia's immigration policy became government-driven(Hugo, 2014). Australia induced the influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe and other parts of Europe, as well as immigrants from the UK, to solve the labor shortage. Instead of introducing temporary foreign workers, they induced immigrants who would settle in Australia. These immigrants made a significant contribution to the …show more content…
From this time, the Australian technology immigration system has changed to a "hybrid system" that takes both supply and demand into consideration(Cully, 2011).
Afterward, the Australian government actively introduced temporary skilled migration visa and permanent employer-sponsored visa to induce technology immigration based on labor market demand(Cully, 2011).
Like this, although the technology immigration system has generally shifted to a system based on demand, still permanent residence immigration to Australia is possible even with only the qualities such as skills and language ability. The Australian Government takes the position that the government is needed to intervene only specialized skills, and that the market itself should solve the problem on other technical shortages (Cully, 2011).
4. Korea's Immigration Policy
In Korea, immigration policy is not a major policy issue of the country, but foreign nationals are rapidly increasing, socio-economic influence of immigrants is growing, and the population change due to the declining birthrate and aging population makes immigration policy more