Cities such as melbourne have seen a sharp drop in immigration. (Herald Sun)
The number of permanent immigrants in Australia between 2019 and 2020 has hit a 15-year low.
Federal government issued only 140,000 permanent visas in the fiscal year ,20,000 fewer than the immigration quota limit. This is the lowest number of permanent migrants since 2004-2005.
The latest figures are intriguing, says Bob Birrell, director of the Australian Population Institute (Australian Populationand Research Institute). government could have easily reached the quota ceiling by processing more applications from technical visa applicants in Australia.
"But that was the expected result. The authorities's determination of the skills required in the Australian economic affects the skilled migration program. "Since the start of the new crown crisis and the rising unemployment rate, we have recruited a large number of skilled personnel who are no longer needed, such as accountants and engineers ," he said.
The Yongju immigration program went through major reforms four years ago, according to Mr Gul. The minister of the Interior, Dutton (Peter Dutton), changed the words "immigration target of 190,000(Target)" to" immigration ceiling of 190,000(Ceiling)".
"Doing so is to make it more relevant to the changing needs of economic and labour markets. "Well ," he explained.
In the fiscal year 2018-2019, Australia's permanent residence quota was capped at 190,000, but only 160323 permanent residence visas were actually granted.
He said the government was to drive down immigration intake by significantly increasing the number of recruitment scores for job applicants with key skills. This response is correct and will have a continuing impact on the size of the permanent migration programme. "
Ever-resident immigrants are different from net overseas immigrants (NOM), which include temporary immigrants such as foreign students. Australia has about 250,000 net overseas migrants in fiscal year 2019-2020. However, the number of net overseas migrants has fallen sharply since Australia issued travel restrictions in the early stages of the epidemic, and is expected to fall to 36,000 next year.
The immigration minister, Alan Tudge, said last week that the numbers were largely demand-driven. Employers, for example, need to work overseas when they can not find locals to do a job.
"If the unemployment rate is high, the demand will inevitably decrease, as Australians will do the job. "He said.
