Released on: 19, May 2007
, Author: Urmi A Goswami, The Economic Times
, Audience: Internet related
NEW DELHI: Good news for Indian professionals. Australia hasincreased quota for highly skilled immigrants by 5,000, thereby raising the totalnumber to 1,02,500 for 2007-08. Indians now are the third-largest group ofimmigrants, next to the British and New Zealanders. Indians make up 10% of newarrivals.
While 5,000 places have been added to the skilled migration stream, the familystream will remain at 2006-07 level of 50,000. Australia is facing labour shortagein the highly-skilled job segment. The country is also experiencing its lowestunemployment in 30 years. In this context, increasing the number of migrants to thecountry has become quite imperative.
The skilled migration programme allows foreign workers to enter Australia undervarious visa categories. Those with skills in labour-shortage sectors who have therequired criteria can live and work in Australia without a sponsor. Others can cometo work in Australia by being sponsored by an employer.
As the demand for foreign skilled workers increases, the Australian government hasalso put in place stringent laws to ensure that employers do not exploit the foreignlot.
Earlier this month, the Australian government announced changes in the Migration Actto this effect, which include new civil penalties for employers who flout the law,increased powers for the department of immigration and citizenship (DoIC) and theoffice of workplace services to investigate employers, and faster processing ofapplications for some employers.
For the prospective skilled immigrant worker, the changes will mean a higher Englishlanguage proficiency requirement. Employers that fail to meet their sponsorshipobligations will face tougher penalties.
The measures were introduced to ensure that foreign skilled workers are not paidless than the minimum salary or used in jobs for which they are overly qualifiedsuch as unskilled jobs or the ones that have not been listed under MigrationOccupations in Demand List (MODL).
Urmi A Goswami, The Economic Times
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