Skill migration is the best immigration policy strategy because it contributes to the strong growth of Australia’s economy. Since 1970s the expansion of Australia´s population and the achievement of skill profile had impacted the economic development of the country. Not only it had allowed people to live in a pacific and harmonious environment, but shaping the nation towards economic prosperity and quick progress in pro an industrialized, secure and pleasant state.
Australia is named as a “country of immigrants” having one in four people born in overseas and with a great advantage. It is still sharp contrast to the chaos, intolerance and hatred that suffered a lot of countries worldwide.
One big concern is the enormous amounts of capital that increasing the number of immigrants require and a high rate of savings from GNP affecting social and national productivity. However, Australia nowadays is one of the few countries that admit a sizeable number of immigrants with skills or wealth to invest, (Crock 1998:12). Extended families of Australian citizens and refugees (involuntary migration) are also accepted by immigration but with lower percentages.
According to The Department of Immigration and Border Protection, the number of places available in Australia’s migration programme nowadays is 190.000. The main purpose of migration is …show more content…
In particular, it provides the country with resources needed for its social welfare policies in the future and high rates of technological progress. Some people may argue immigration would tend initially to increase the demand for labour increasing unemployment. Also, it may be associated with a rise in the inflation rate. However, to the extent that immigration results in a more mobile workforce, it would reduce structural imbalance in the labour market by reducing cost pressure, so that inflation would be less probable to
Australia is named as a “country of immigrants” having one in four people born in overseas and with a great advantage. It is still sharp contrast to the chaos, intolerance and hatred that suffered a lot of countries worldwide.
One big concern is the enormous amounts of capital that increasing the number of immigrants require and a high rate of savings from GNP affecting social and national productivity. However, Australia nowadays is one of the few countries that admit a sizeable number of immigrants with skills or wealth to invest, (Crock 1998:12). Extended families of Australian citizens and refugees (involuntary migration) are also accepted by immigration but with lower percentages.
According to The Department of Immigration and Border Protection, the number of places available in Australia’s migration programme nowadays is 190.000. The main purpose of migration is …show more content…
In particular, it provides the country with resources needed for its social welfare policies in the future and high rates of technological progress. Some people may argue immigration would tend initially to increase the demand for labour increasing unemployment. Also, it may be associated with a rise in the inflation rate. However, to the extent that immigration results in a more mobile workforce, it would reduce structural imbalance in the labour market by reducing cost pressure, so that inflation would be less probable to