今日头条: 澳洲将可能大幅缩紧移民配额!
Aussies may curb migrantsPM makes it clear the intake will be influenced by financial conditions By Roger Maynard, Australia Correspondent
Oct 14, 2008
SYDNEY: Australia has signalled it may allow fewer foreigners to move to the country in the face of the global financial crisis, as a new survey shows growing opposition to immigration.
While the yearly intake of migrants is decided in the run-up to the May Budget, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has already made it clear that the figure will be influenced by financial conditions.
'It's been this way since time immemorial and will be this way into the future as well,' he said in response to a journalist's question about whether it might be time to cut the immigration rate, which is at its highest for many years.
'We adjust it according to economic circumstances,' he added. The Prime Minister remained tight-lipped about his intentions, but one thing is certain.
The mood of the nation - where nearly one in four of the 21 million population was born overseas - is changing.
More Australians favour a reduction in migration than at any time since l993, a study by Swinburne University of Technology has found.
Forty-six per cent now favour a cut, compared with 34 per cent in 2004. Among the most concerned were tradesmen, labourers and clerks, traditionally the sort of jobs targeted by migrants.
And the true level of opposition to immigration is probably much higher as the study, published yesterday, was carried out at the end of last year, when economic conditions were much rosier.
Dr Katherine Betts, who coordinated the survey, admitted that the figures would likely be much higher if the study was conducted now. 'Normally these swings on how people feel about migration are tied to the state of the economy and whether they are having to compete for scarce jobs,' she told The Straits Times.
'It's the fear that migrants might take jobs or drive down wages.'
While Australia's unemployment total is relatively small, there are signs it is rising. Last month's jobless figure was up by nearly 22,000, rising from 4.1 per cent to 4.3 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms.
And this in a year when the government has ordered a massive boost to its migration programme.
An additional 31,000 skilled migrants are being allowed in, bringing the annual total to 130,000, more than three times the level of a decade ago.
When relatives are taken into account, the real total is expected to nudge 200,000, while the separate temporary skilled migration programme is likely to bring in another 100,000 by next year.
技术移民首当其冲: The government's boost to the number of migrants allowed into Australia was originally designed to meet growing employment demands and skills shortages sparked by Australia's booming, resources-based economy. But if there is a downturn in the economy, the intake may have to be slashed.
Both the unions and employer bodies admit that action might have to be taken if conditions worsen. (澳洲工会主席态度):Australian Council of Trade Unions president Sharan Burrow said there had to be certainty that immigration was not fuelling unemployment.(澳洲工商业联合会态度) The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry agreed that immigration should be cut if the economy slows and unemployment rises.
结束语更加肯定该一趋势: And with Australia unlikely to remain unscathed by the international financial turmoil, the government may face increasing pressure to reduce the flow of immigrants.
[ 本帖最后由 naughtybaby 于 8-12-2008 07:57 编辑 ] 嗯，预计到了这个趋势，工作签证肯定一样会减少。 恶耗啊！
这下可怎么办哪？ 那应该是09年的配额减少吧。。。。难道08年的还能改吗？
:funk: bad news for pending applications。。。 :yct_53 :yct_7 是福不是祸，是祸躲不过。。。各位安拉:victory: :victory: 加拿大也开始增加了紧缺行业列表。大量申请去加拿大的applicants也都不知所从。经济危机波及面越来越广，不过只要还是对欧美影响广大，澳洲相对乐观一些，但受大趋势的影响，在移民政策方面还是不乐观。
大家听天由命吧，我们能做的也只是静观其变。 原帖由 蒙面超人 于 8-12-2008 14:17 发表 http://www.freeoz.org/forum/images/common/back.gif
是福不是祸，是祸躲不过。。。各位安拉:victory: :victory:
同意，但心里还是:mk_37 只要申请递上去了，就不受新的移民政策的影响了，所以想去的TZ抓紧了 技术移民配额每年均会讨论变更，如果各位条件符合送交申请，没有不准的道理！
只是准签的时间需要多久的问题------ As for candidates whoreally wanna migrant, finishing the forms of application should be taken right now.
Just do it! 看来要加快我的进度了。。 越近越好。。。反正我到了。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。哇哈哈！！！ 加拿大的一早就HOLD了一批的申请了，管它什么年度配额，各位可以安然度假，暂时别把移民当一回事了，呵呵呵呵
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