Australian Needs US and European Migrants

[connaust]

Australian Needs US and European Migrants

 

Put out the welcome mat, our country needs these people. MILLIONS of skilled workers are without jobs in the US and Europe, but their loss could be our gain.

 

THE economic crisis engulfing Europe and the US presents the federal government with an opportunity to bolster Australia’s over-stretched skilled workforce. Yet populist policy is driving against it by triggering a poll-driven cut in the migrant intake.

 

 

As the Australian economy surges towards full employment, Canberra is failing to seize the moment and attract exceptionally qualified people from troubled Western economies suffering double-digit unemployment.

 

 

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen tells Focus the government “does not target workers from specific countries”, which doesn’t sound like good policy…

 

 

…..Recent trends in immigration show Australia’s intake of permanent settlers is moving away from taking migrants from English-speaking countries and that the intake from advanced economies such as the US and western Europe remains abysmally low, despite the desire of many of their citizens to emigrate.

 

 

Immigrants from Britain and NZ, traditionally Australia’s biggest countries of origin for immigrants, were eclipsed by China and India in the six months to December last year. In the previous 12 months Britain had been well ahead of China, but it is now ranked second, followed by India.

[Guest guest32776]

There is a philanthropic argument that could be made to say that migrants from overcrowded and economically poor countries should be given preference to those living in conditions of relative ease. Something , which I believe, the UN pushes countries to give preference to.

 

Additionally, as the number of climate change refugees swell there is likely to be pressure for big polluter countries, such as Australia amongst others, to provide a home for these people.

[Petals]

As most of the Aussies are from Europe the people prefer European migrants which is only natural really. However at the present time the people do not seem to favour migrants at all, hence the pollies making changes.