Just last week, Australia`s government was revealed to want to limit the freedom of residence of migrants from remote areas. Today, the Australian Association for remote areas, (The Regional Australia Institute), beat the iron while calling on government to increase the number of permanent immigrants to remote areas each year by an additional 3000. In order to solve the local population decline, labor shortage problem.
3000 new PR per year in remote areas
In a document released today, RAI pointed out that in more than 150 remote areas of Australia, government is facing a decline in the number of native-born people, which in turn directly leads to a shortage of labour, but there is no systematic and effective way to retain migrants. Visas like 887 and 187 have no laws requiring holders to stay in remote areas.
Of course, there are a small number of small towns using weather and geography to attract many immigrants, the population increased by more than 15%. In Victoria, for example, the total population of Pyramid Hill, is 550, and the number of Filipino immigrants is 100. New homes and schools were built and a Filipino shop opened.
So RAI argues that government needs to find new ways to address the shortage of people in remote areas and encourage migrants to move there. If an additional 3000 permanent immigrants can be added each year, the population problem will be solved.
Will immigration quotas increase in remote areas?
Of the more than one hundred and eighty thousand permanent immigrants last fiscal year, there were nearly 12000 migrants from remote areas, but only 7000 people actually settled here (perhaps a small number of them were PR). Taken by other channels)
According to RAI, if an increase of 3000 migrants is needed in remote areas, nearly 12000 of the current intake can meet this requirement, after all, about half of them do not live in remote areas after getting PR.
The crux of the problem, then, is not the shortage of quotas, but how to keep new immigrants on the ground. But if the government does not offer incentives that are attractive enough to take enforcement measures, it is likely to backfire, leading to a decline in the number of applicants.
Employment and education are key
In fact, many new immigrants do not want to go to remote areas of the local "lonely and cold", the main reason is worried about employment and education. Some old immigrants who had lived there for several years also said they were "forced to leave".
For example, John Paul Sinus, who has lived in Alice Springs for six years, says prices are low in remote areas, no traffic jams, and good neighborhoods. But children need to study, receive quality education, and some professional medical services are scarce.
"who doesn`t want the child to have a bright future? There is no alternative but to move away. "
Another student, Saba Nabi, who graduated from Charles Darwin University, said it was hard to find a job even though he got an PR,. Government requires employers to give priority to local employment, but employers often skip locals in remote areas. So for immigrants willing to live in remote areas, government has done too little.
So if the government wants to keep migrants, it should first introduce preferential policies to give migrants confidence and security on key issues.
epilogue
At present, the policy is still in the research stage, and some institutions and experts have also expressed their opposition to "no restrictions on freedom of movement," but the vast number of remote areas are still quite supportive of this, and continue to cheer up behind the government.
Of course, it is clear to all that, at the same time, it is necessary to bring tangible benefits to immigrants. After all, it`s not sweet, is it?
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