According to the plan, immigrants who emigrate to remote areas must remain in the designated area, otherwise the visa will be revoked from the. (SBS picture)
Under the federal government new population plan, immigrants to remote areas must remain in designated areas, or their visas will be revoked and may be repatriated, according to SBS.
The federal government announced last week that it would allocate A $19.4 million to a new plan to address congestion. According to the plan, immigrants who wish to settle in remote areas will be given priority in obtaining visas. However, if they move out of the area before they are granted permanent residence, their visas will be revoked.
Immigrant minister Komin (David Coleman), after attending Australia`s government Council (COAG) in Canberra last week, said: "the visa applies to working locally, so you can`t work elsewhere. The visa is actually relevant to this particular area. "
For early immigrants from remote areas of leave, Gao said that "they no longer have visas and will have to find other visas." "frankly, they are unlikely to get another visa, either. If they do so, there will be no permanent right of abode. "
Gao added that the plan would encourage migrants to travel to areas with chronic labour shortages.
But Labour shadow immigrant minister Newman (Shayne Neumann) says the federal government is responsible for a shortage of workers in remote areas.
In an interview with SBS, he said: "your (government) should provide incentives to people who move to the areas in question, and that`s what we`re going to focus on-making sure people move to these places and build communities."
Newman pointed to the government`s current problems, saying it was largely through non-processing of visas to ensure that people travel to remote areas. "We now have 197000 bridge visas, an increase of 38000 over the past 12 months. If we review these visas, we can imagine that there will be more people in the remote communities. "
But government`s focus is clear that it no longer approves bridge signatures. Gao Min earlier revealed that government is considering investing more resources in processing visas in remote areas. "this means that if you apply for a visa in a remote area, it will take a shorter period of time, which is good news to encourage people to travel to remote areas."
As the government pays more attention to immigrant settlements in remote areas, Mr Gao says the number of immigrants will also decline. Federal government is discussing the designated area Migration Agreement with a number of remote areas in need of employment, (Designated Area Migration Agreements, referred to as DAMA). At present, the Federal government has signed an DAMA agreement with the Northern Territory to provide visa holders with a permanent alternative. Victoria`s Grand South Bank (Great South Coast) has also announced a DAMA agreement with government. The agreement between Keynes, Queensland and (Orana), WA, is also under discussion.
Newman said that if Labour wins the next election, it will take "best advice" to set an immigration quota ceiling. "I don`t see any evidence that [cuts in immigration] are justified, and the Liberal Party has not provided us with any relevant evidence," he said.
