Do skilled workers have a better life if they stay in the country ofc their birth? Australia is looking for skilled workers but emigrating is usually a very stressfull process.
Evans considering changes to migration rate
Posted 3 hours 5 minutes ago
Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans says it is likely the migration rate will change as a result of the global economic crisis.
Mr Evans met industry leaders in Perth today to discuss future migration needs.
The Minister says he will be further investigating a state by state migration policy.
"I think it is true to say that we have a number of different economies inside Australia," he said.
"We are very keen to drive up the numbers of employer nominated migrants so we know that the workers are going into a job that the employer can’t fill locally."
Western Australia and Queensland were flagged as special cases that require more skilled workers as a result of their mining booms.
The minister also plans to change the migration policy to give preference to workers sponsored by businesses, but the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry is concerned that this would only attract skilled workers, when there is also a shortage of unskilled labor.
Mr Evans is expected to change the migration rate in the near future.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/03/2409080.htm
A little information about the immigration minister. Chris Evans is an English born Senator for Western Australia.
http://www.chrisevans.alp.org.au/
The skilled workers required won’t necessarily be related to the mining industry. Australia has a shortage of mechanics, doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
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Jesusophile - June 5th, 2009
The most telling item would be the relatives they leave behind, giving rise to the more probably likelyhood of homesickness.
The only otner factor would be wether the pros of weather, salary, standard of living outweigh the cons of leaving relatives, and the perceived benefits of the home system. if there is one thing I would miss for all its faults, it would be the NHS.
NeRdArMy - June 5th, 2009
I can't speak from experience of someone moving to Oz, but my wife moved to the UK from Portugal.
The first time I met her, she flooded a camera while diving. She later told me that in Portugal it had taken her 3 months to save up enough to buy it and in the UK, she worked 1 weekend to replace it. For me, that put the earning differences into very clear perspective.
Now we've moved from South England to South West Wales she has even less convenient access to an airport which flies direct to Lisbon, so the homesickness is more of an issue. But, on the whole we both know we have a much better standard of living than we had in Portsmouth and she has a massively greater one than she had in Portugal.
savitz - June 5th, 2009
I think there are other issues such as being resented as an outsider unless / until you adapt to the local lifestyle / culture.
There can, also, be resentment that an outsider is taking local jobs – even though there may not be the skills / people locally to do them.
I guess the upside of this is, once you have been through the trial of integrating then it may be worth it.
I know there were some problems with the original '10 pound pommes' because many were expecting it to be a land of milk and honey and were not prepared for the hard graft it entailed. Those that worked hard and stayed often prospered while many returned.