WHIO |
The Latest: How might Trump's 'merit-based' migration work?
WHIO In his speech, Trump said the U.S. should adopt a "merit-based immigration system" such as those used by Canada and Australia. So how do such systems work? Australia, with its population of 24 million, caps the number of permanent migration visas to ... |
9news.com.au |
Trump hails 'Australian' style migration system
9news.com.au US President Donald Trump has cited Australia's immigration policy in his speech to Congress as he called for the implementation of a "merit-based" system. "I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the ... |
The Australian |
Trump hails Australia as immigration model
The Australian In his first address to joint houses of the US Congress, Mr Trump referred to both Australia and Canada as two countries with “merit based immigration systems.” “I am not going to let American workers and its companies be taken advantage of any longer ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Australia's bid for UN Human Rights Council seat comes with 'stop ...
The Sydney Morning Herald Geneva: Australia's violation of refugee human rights and its weak opposition to horrific abuses in Sri Lanka and Myanmar could hurt its chances of winning a ... |
Australia is now the No.1 destination for the world's millionaire migrants
Business Insider Australia The world's millionaires are on the move, and the place they most want to settle is Australia. New World Wealth, a research company based in South Australia, has just released its annual report on global wealth and wealth migration trends for 2016. |
ABC Online |
Man sent as child from UK to Australia tells abuse inquiry: name the villains
The Guardian Hill is one of 22 former child migrants who will give evidence at the hearing. Many will testify of the extreme sexual and physical abuse they experienced when they were sent to Australia as part of the child migrant programme. He told the chair ... British Government knew Fairbridge farms were unfit for children, documents show IICSA child sex abuse inquiry public hearings under way Former ABC chairman David Hill urges inquiry to 'name villains' of child migrant abuse in Australia |
The Straits Times |
Britain's child migrant programme: why 130000 children were shipped abroad
The Guardian It was not until the early 1980s that Nottingham social worker Margaret Humphreys found out that there were former migrants in Australia who were just realising they might have living relatives in the UK. They had been told they were orphans. She has ... IICSA child sex abuse inquiry public hearings under way British Government knew Fairbridge farms were unfit for children, documents show Former ABC chairman David Hill urges inquiry to 'name villains' of child migrant abuse in Australia |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Australia's bid for UN Human Rights Council seat comes with 'stop the boats' baggage
The Sydney Morning Herald "The changing political paradigm in Australia… requires a (public) confidence in the migration progress," Ms Fierravanti. " In a recent speech widely interpreted as a bid for a return to the prime ministership, Mr Abbott suggested scrapping the Human ... |
The Straits Times |
IICSA child sex abuse inquiry public hearings under way
BBC News In 2009, the Australian government apologised for the cruelty shown to the child migrants. Britain also made an apology in 2010. The apology contained no specific mention of sexual abuse. The abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad ... National child abuse inquiry to hold first public hearings after controversy British Government knew Fairbridge farms were unfit for children, documents show Former ABC chairman David Hill urges inquiry to 'name villains' of child migrant abuse in Australia |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Australia's bid for UN Human Rights Council seat comes with 'stop the boats' baggage
The Sydney Morning Herald "The changing political paradigm in Australia… requires a (public) confidence in the migration progress," Ms Fierravanti. " In a recent speech widely interpreted as a bid for a return to the prime ministership, Mr Abbott suggested scrapping the Human ... |
Police Professional |
National child abuse inquiry to hold first public hearings after ...
The Guardian Inquiry into historical abuse of child migrants shipped to Australia and Canada begins on Monday after lengthy delays. British Government knew Fairbridge farms were unfit for children ... IICSA child sex abuse inquiry public hearings under way - BBC News UK probes child migrant abuse in Australia |
ABC Online |
British Government knew Fairbridge farms were unfit for children, documents show
ABC Online Former ABC managing director David Hill will this week tell a historic inquiry into child sexual abuse in Britain that up to 60 per cent of the child migrants sent to Fairbridge farms in Australia were sexually abused. National child abuse inquiry to hold first public hearings after controversy England, Wales sex abuse inquiry to open Child sex abuse inquiry hearings get underway |
ABC Online |
National child abuse inquiry to hold first public hearings after controversy
The Guardian Its chair, Alexis Jay, will open the sessions on Monday to investigate the abuse of child migrants who were shipped to Australia and Canada by the British government between 1920 and the 1970s. The children were part of a programme that saw up to ... British Government knew Fairbridge farms were unfit for children, documents show |
New York Times |
For Millionaire Immigrants, a Global Welcome Mat - The New York ...
New York Times There is one category of migrants that countries embrace: the very rich. And more of them are moving than ever. Their top destination? Australia. |
New York Times |
For Millionaire Immigrants, a Global Welcome Mat
New York Times The map of migration is also changing rapidly. Australia is now the world's top destination for millionaires, beating the United States for the second straight year, according to New World Wealth. An estimated 11,000 millionaires moved to Australia in ... |
Otago Daily Times |
Immigration soars to another record high
Otago Daily Times "This is in contrast to recent months, where returning New Zealanders were a key driver of rising net migration. However, the slack was taken up by Australian citizens, with a net 633 people choosing NZ over Australia." The biggest changes were in ... |
The Dominion Post |
Net migration hits 71000 as Kiwis turn their back on living overseas
The Dominion Post Meanwhile Australia's unemployment was 5.7 per cent at the end of 2016. ASB economist Daniel Snowden said that in the most recent months, it was Australian citizens, not New Zealanders, keeping net migration at record-breaking levels. In January a net ... Next stop Auckland as record immigration continues New Zealand's migration boom continues to accelerate Record inflow of migrants continues unabated in January |
The child abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad
BBC News Based around an imposing stone mansion in the Australian countryside, 49 miles north of Perth, are buildings Walsh and his fellow child migrants were forced to build, barefoot, starting work the day after they arrived. The Christian Brothers ruled the ... |
The Australian Financial Review |
Australia is the world's top destination for millionaire migrants | afr.com
The Australian Financial Review With all the debate over immigration, one group is getting a red-carpet welcome around the world, including in Australia: millionaires. |
The Australian Financial Review |
Australia is the world's top destination for millionaire migrants
The Australian Financial Review Millionaire migration has grown 60 percent since 2013, the firm's findings show, and there are no signs that it is slowing. Andrew Amoils, head of research at New World Wealth, said he expected the ranks of millionaires on the move to top 100,000 ... |
Herald Sun |
Federal Government urged to crack down on partner visa loopholes
Herald Sun Pictur: AAP. She said the partner visa program needed to be “cut right back” as part of a broader reduction of Australia's immigration intake. Ms Hanson also called on the government to lift the minimum age to prevent “child brides” being brought to ... |
Auckland's housing market is not going to be getting any help from Australia's flat-lining labour market any time ...
Interest.co.nz Net outflows to Australia are currently around zero, compared to historically averaging around 15,000 per year, the RBNZ noted. Its own research suggests that migration associated with weakness in the Australian labour market results in higher ... |
Huffington Post |
Australia Reverses Its Decision To Deport Teen With Autism
Huffington Post The Department of Immigration and Border Protection had given the family until Friday to purchase plane tickets out of Australia ― and just two weeks to leave ― or they would be deported. The decision triggered outrage and was called “appalling and ... Assistant Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke intervenes to stop deportation of Sydney girl with autism |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Assistant Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke intervenes to stop ...
The Sydney Morning Herald A teenage girl with autism facing deportation after eight years living in Australia has been granted permanent residency, following an eleventh-hour intervention . |
The Australian Financial Review |
New migrants good for business | afr.com
The Australian Financial Review The man handpicked by former prime minister Tony Abbott to overhaul the federal government has defended Australia's level of immigration. |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Assistant Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke intervenes to stop deportation of Sydney girl with autism
The Sydney Morning Herald A teenage girl with autism facing deportation after eight years living in Australia has been granted permanent residency, following an eleventh-hour intervention by the Assistant Immigration Minister. Sumaya Bhuiyan, 16, had been ordered to book her ... |
Craig Kelly backs Abbott on renewable energy target and immigration
The Guardian The Liberal MP Craig Kelly told Guardian Australia on Friday the RET needed to be frozen where it is at the moment, and the government needed to explicitly link the issues of immigration and housing affordability. “We have to link the two,” Kelly said ... |
