FT Alphaville (registration) |
What's bad for Australia is good for New Zealand?
FT Alphaville (registration) Second, the source of the migration impulse also matters – higher inward migration to New Zealand that is driven by a weaker Australian economy tends to result in a higher unemployment rate – all else equal – while inward migration to New Zealand ... |
Huffington Post Australia |
A Potential Mass Migration Nightmare On Our Doorstep
Huffington Post Australia While both these issues are alarming, neither are as alarming as the impacts of Australia's next potential migration horror story, which is likely to involve a sudden flood of refugees -- most likely Rohingyas from Myanmar -- of such magnitude that it ... |
The New Daily |
UN spotlight on Australia's immigration detention centres
The New Daily Australia's immigration laws are set to come under the microscope as the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants arrives in Australia today. Francois Crepeau will use his 18-day trip to examine immigration detention and ... UN expert to assess situation of migrants in Australia |
The New Daily |
UN investigator to visit Australian immigration detention centres
The New Daily The United Nations special rapporteur will examine refugee immigration processing and detention centres in Australia and Nauru. UN expert to assess situation of migrants in Australia | Scoop News |
UN expert to assess situation of migrants in Australia
Scoop.co.nz (press release) GENEVA (31 October 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016 to assess the migration programmes, policies and laws developed by the Australian ... |
Australia Considering Lifetime Ban On Attempting To Immigrate Illegally
Daily Caller The Australian government is set to introduce legislation that will set a lifetime ban on refugees trying to enter the country by boat. Australia has some of the strictest immigration laws in the world. People who enter the country without a visa are ... |
Wall Street Journal |
Australia Wants to Keep Migrants Arriving by Boat Out, Even as Tourists
Wall Street Journal CANBERRA, Australia—The Australian government, which already bars asylum seekers who arrive illegally by boat from resettling here, said it would move to keep them out for life even as tourists, in a bid to step up deterrence. “You need the clearest ... Proposed Australian law would forbid boat migrants from entering country Asylum Seekers To Be Banned From Australia 'For Life' Government introduces new law banning asylum seekers from Australia |
Wall Street Journal |
Australia Wants to Keep Migrants Arriving by Boat Out, Even as Tourists
Wall Street Journal CANBERRA, Australia—The Australian government, which already bars asylum seekers who arrive illegally by boat from resettling here, said it would move to keep them out for life even as tourists, in a bid to step up deterrence. “You need the clearest ... Proposed Australian law would forbid boat migrants from entering country Asylum Seekers To Be Banned From Australia 'For Life' Government introduces new law banning asylum seekers from Australia |
SBS |
Proposed Australian law would forbid boat migrants from entering country
Jerusalem Post Israel News Speaking in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the government would seek to amend the Migration Act (1958) to prevent irregular maritime arrivals taken to a regional processing country from making a valid application for an Australian visa ... Government introduces new law banning asylum seekers from Australia Asylum Seekers To Be Banned From Australia 'For Life' Asylum seekers to be banned from entering Australia |
ABC Online |
A History of Cruelty: The Origins of Australia's Uniquely Harsh Asylum Seeker Policy
ABC Online In my view it has been the absolutism, embedded in the so-called Australian immigration culture of control, rather than the racism of the White Australia Policy per se, which helps explain our recent policy history, now animated by a new absolutist ... |
SBS |
Government introduces new law banning asylum seekers from Australia
SBS The Migration Act will be amended to ensure that asylum seekers who try to come to Australia by boat are forbidden for life, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Sunday. The legislation, which is expected to be passed in the next parliamentary ... Asylum Seekers To Be Banned From Australia 'For Life' Asylum seekers to be banned from entering Australia Boat people face lifetime ban |
ABC Online |
Diwali: Time to shine a light on Australia's 'bamboo ceiling'
ABC Online I'm a proud Indian Australian and a product of immigration and multiculturalism. My parents migrated here over 40 years ago, and the present composition of Australia is very different. Over the past 60 years, Australia's population has more than doubled. |
The Australian |
Blainey warns Muslim migration threatens social cohesion
The Australian Professor Blainey, who this week released a book exploring the social history of Australia over the past 150 years, stopped short of advocating a reduction in Muslim immigration, saying that at the age of 86 he was reluctant to be drawn into a public ... |
Herald Sun |
Housing affordabilt | Herald Sun
Herald Sun HIGH immigration is making housing affordability an impossible dream, a research institute says. |
Herald Sun |
JOHN MASANAUSKAS, CITY EDITOR, Herald Sun
Herald Sun More than half of the need for new housing in Melbourne in the decade to 2022 was attributable to migration, according to The Australian Population Research Institute. In Sydney the proportion was even higher, at 64 per cent. Net migration is around ... |
Voice of America |
Migrants Deepen China's Ties to Australia - VOA News
Voice of America The latest estimate suggests there are 1.2 million people of Chinese heritage in Australia, out of an overall population of 24 million. |
Voice of America |
Migrants Deepen China's Ties to Australia
Voice of America There have never been more people of Chinese origin in Australia. They have a long history in this country, going back to the Gold Rush of the mid 1800s. These days Australia is actively recruiting wealthier business migrants from China, as well as ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
On air matters: Peter Dutton says new Border Force podcast ...
The Sydney Morning Herald The notorious "on-water matters" tag has long been used to signify secrecy around Australia's immigration policies, but now the Australian Border Force ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
On air matters: Peter Dutton says new Border Force podcast circumvents left-wing media
The Sydney Morning Herald The notorious "on water matters" tag has long been used to invoke secrecy around Australia's immigration policies, but now the Australian Border Force has taken its mission to the airwaves. The ABF is producing its own podcasts, cutting out the media ... |
The Australian |
Hipster migration overhauls Cool Cafe Index
The Australian Melbourne is home to Australia's hipster nation, with seven of the 10 highest rated cafes by the CCI measure. Sydney has three: Bourke Street Bakery (CCI value 12,153), The Grounds of Alexandria (CCI value 11,524) and Black Star Pastry (CCI value 8883). |
The Age |
On air matters: Australian Border Force gets into the podcasting game
The Age The notorious "on water matters" tag has long been used to invoke secrecy around Australia's immigration policies, but now the Australian Border Force has taken its mission to the airwaves. The ABF is producing its own podcasts, cutting out the media ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
On air matters: Australian Border Force gets into the podcasting game
The Sydney Morning Herald The notorious "on water matters" tag has long been used to invoke secrecy around Australia's immigration policies, but now the Australian Border Force has taken its mission to the airwaves. The ABF is producing its own podcasts, cutting out the media ... |
The Rakyat Post |
Australian official's jail term doubled over illegal visas for Vietnamese
VnExpress International He took more than $430,000 in bribes to approve visas for 59 people from the Philippines and Vietnam. Australia has increased the jail term of an immigration officer who took more than $430,000 in bribes to give visas to dozens of Filipinos and ... Longer jail sentence for Aussie immigration officer for sought bribes |
Brexit: Cobra beer baron Karan Bilimoria slams proposed cuts to UK immigration
ABC Online "It's just economically illiterate to do that. Australia, I know, are laughing at us. "I've heard from senior Australian Government officials saying, 'We thank you for your immigration policies in the UK because you are sending the brightest and best ... |
Brexit: Cobra beer baron Karan Bilimoria slams proposed cuts to UK ...
ABC Online Cobra beer founder Karan Bilimoria adds his voice to criticism of the UK government's proposed immigration cuts, saying Australia will benefit as Britain closes ... |
The entire continent of Australia sways (a little) with the weather
Ars Technica To see if the predicted migration of the Australian continent could be measured, Han had to remove all the other influences from the 14 GPS stations around the continent that had long enough records. First, he subtracted the consistent northward ... |
Only 1 In 3 Australians Oppose Muslim Migration, New Poll Shows
Huffington Post Australia Essential found just 40 percent of people opposed a ban on Muslim immigration. Of the supporters, 40 percent claimed Muslims "do not integrate into Australian society", 27 percent cited "terrorist threat", and 22 percent said: "They do not share our ... |
The West Australian |
Mexico held 20000 child migrants in 2015: authorities - The West Australian
The West Australian Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico detained more than 20,000 unaccompanied child migrants, mostly from Central America, in 2015, authorities said on Monday. That was double the number of the year before and a sign of the worsening migration crisis in the ... |
