Australia will cut its annual quota limit on permanent immigrants. (SBS)
In order to solve the congestion problems in Sydney and Melbourne, the Australian Association and the Australian newspaper reported that in order to solve the congestion problems in Sydney and Melbourne, Credit Mosuisse (Scott Morrison) government is prepared to announce that it will set an annual quota ceiling of one hundred and sixty thousand permanent immigrants in Australia. Some skilled immigrants will be forced to settle outside Sydney and Melbourne.
The Australian newspaper confirmed that the (Expenditure Review Committee of Cabinet), the Federal Cabinet Expenditure Review Committee, had approved a key part of Unionparty`s broader population policy.
In addition, the Cabinet also signed a settlement policy in remote areas. Under the policy, government will implement visa terms requiring a nominal number of ordinary skilled immigrants to live in towns outside Sydney and Melbourne for at least five years.
At the same time, government will also provide incentives for more than five hundred thousand international students to travel to towns outside Australia`s two major state capitals, Sydney and Melbourne, last year, and to attend universities in remote areas.
It is reported that the current federal government is expected to announce the establishment of the one hundred and sixty thousand immigration limit, is close to Howard (John Howard) government`s late ruling level. After Howard, Labour Rudd (Rudd) and Gillard (Gillard) government raised the immigration ceiling sharply. Credit Morey government`s move will now reduce the former Labour Party`s government target by as much as 30, 000.
Some cabinet members of the Expenditure Review Committee were known to have even advocated a lower immigration quota, but eventually set it at one hundred and sixty thousand.
The quota cap will replace the one hundred and ninety thousand limit set by the Federal Party`s government in 2015 to begin reducing the number of immigrants to a more manageable level.
The new quota limit for one hundred and sixty thousand migrants is roughly the same as Australia`s final intake of immigrants in fiscal year 2017 / 18. Under a new integrity review of the visa system implemented by the home affairs minister (Peter Dutton), the number of immigrants received fell to 162417 this year, the largest annual decline and a new low since 2007 / 08. In 2007-08, the number of immigrants received was 158630.
In addition, 87% of Australia`s 112000 skilled immigrants in the previous fiscal year settled permanently in Sydney or Melbourne.
Mr Mosuisse has called on states to submit comments to the federal government on how many new immigrants they can accommodate. While New and Victoria have been advocating cuts in immigration, South Australia, a economic-strong South Australia, hopes to add 5000 new immigrants.
