Australia is no longer welcome. According to the latest statistics released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, more and more residents are "abandoning" Australia for the embrace of other countries. The term "resident" here refers to those who have lived in Australia for more than 12 months in the past 16 months.
As a result, many foreign students and those who come to work in Australia on short-term visas are also included.
In the last three months of 2017, nearly 85000 people officially left Australia, up 9000 from the same period in 2016, according to the data. Of these "abandoned" Australians, about 1 / 3 were Australian citizens who emigrated. Nearly 1 / 2 are short-term visa holders, such as international students, backpackers, 457 visa holders, and so on.
Because about 40 percent of Australia`s emigrants are international students, Nick Parr, a professor of demographics at Macquarie University, says this probably reflects an increase in the number of students leaving Australia after graduation.
Not only did the number of people who left the country increase, but the number of people who came to Australia was not so many.
Last year, Australia`s net foreign migration was 240400, or 62 percent of the country`s total population, according to data.
But the pace of immigration growth is slowing, reaching its slowest pace in several years.
As for the reason, the experts said: it is not certain.
1. Tightening immigration policy
I believe we all feel it. Since the beginning of the past two years, the Australian government has been cutting off immigrants. First, the 457 visa was cancelled, and then the technical immigration requirement for popular Chinese students, such as accounting and auditing, was raised (how many people got stuck on the threshold of 80 points), and then came out every few months to become a demon. The theme is around "raising the threshold for naturalization." in April last year, the number of occupations that could be granted permanent status was substantially reduced, resulting in many people`s PR dream broken, and then the drastic reduction in immigration quotas, which is projected to be cut by 25,000 in this fiscal year alone. Subsequently, a series of "unfriendly" proposals aimed at immigrants were developed, including raising the income requirements for parents` immigrant guarantors; Extend the waiting time for new immigrants to receive pensions, extend the time for new immigrants to receive centerlink benefits, increase visa fees, and so on.
The consequence of this is: it`s getting harder and harder to get PR and naturalization!
Leanne Stevens, vice president of the Migration Institute of Australia, said that these policies are vague and confusing. Many immigrants have the same standard of living as Australia, and they can also find a good job when they go back. Why wait for a permanent status in Australia.
Then how to put it: here do not leave me in his own place!
2. The cost of living is too high
This is also supported by data.
Recently, a German company released a list comparing which of the 80 most popular immigrant cities in the world, new immigrants have just moved to the first month of home expenses, which city is the highest. As a result, Australia`s two popular immigrant cities, Sydney and Melbourne, rank sixth in the world! A high-ranking 14th in the world!
Melbourne`s first month of home costs up to $3267.28!
Throw out 44th Shanghai ($1921.27) and 54th Beijing ($1671.26) dozens of streets.
Moreover, the situation in Australia as a whole is not much better. In the global cost of living in various countries ranking, Australia ranked 12th in the world!
Such a high cost of living, really can not afford to live!
Some people may say that although the cost of living in Australia is high, but also high wages, it is quite appropriate.
Well, wages are really high, but only if you can get a job. After all, the Australian job market is very depressed.
3. It`s getting harder and harder to find a job.
In Australia, the proportion of 25-year-olds with full-time jobs fell from 53% in 1980 to 26% in 2018, according to the data.
In other words, 3 / 4 of the 25-year-olds don`t have a full-time job!
Why? Because it`s too hard to find a job!
The average time experienced by young people from graduation to finding a full-time job has increased greatly from 1 year in 1983 to 4.7 years now!
In other words, it takes an average of five years to get a full-time job!
The point is, even if you can get a job, you don`t have to be long-term, because one day the company will be laid off or shut down.
4. Australia is on the cusp of unemployment
In recent years, Australia`s economy seems to be weak, causing large companies to lay off staff.
On Wednesday, Telstra, the Australian telecoms giant, announced 8000 job cuts.
Last November, the National Bank of Australia (NAB), one of Australia`s four largest banks, announced the reduction of 6000 employees!
In April 2016, Australian media giant Fairfax announced the dismissal of 120 acquisition jobs in Sydney and Melbourne.
Of course, layoffs were good, and some of the giants couldn`t even survive, either bankrupt or out of the Australian market.
Counting it down, the list is really too long, and it covers a variety of industries, including: toy brand Toys R Us, international fashion brand, Esprit, women`s wear brand, David Lawrence, men`s shirt brand, Marcs, fashion brand, Topshop,Gap,. Australia`s national treasure class bag brand Oroton, footwear brand Payless Shoes, children`s wear brand Pumpkin Patch, electronics retailer Dick Smith, home goods Howards Storage World, hardware retailer Masters, global direct sales giant Avon and baby goods retailer Baby Bounce.
Each of these brands was once brilliant, but it ended in a bleak end. And behind every fallen brand, there are thousands of unemployed troops!
So, to sum up, it is more and more difficult to emigrate to Australia. After coming, the cost is very high, the cost is too high to find a job, and the job is out of work.
Do you have any plans to leave Australia? What is the strongest reason you choose to leave or stay?
