Thursday, September 09, 2004

Screening key to immigration success / [Australia] Sydney Morning Herald, 9 Sep 2004

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Adele Horin
"Australia is showing the world how to run a successful immigration policy, the author of a new study says.
The study, by Sue Richardson, economics professor at Flinders University, shows recent migrants to Australia found jobs far more easily than did migrants to Canada. 'The experience of migrants around the developed world is one of declining success over the last 10 to 15 years,' Professor Richardson said. 'But Australia is the exception.'
More rigorous selection of migrants, especially since 1999, a bigger proportion who are fluent in English and tougher social security rules for new immigrants appear to account for the success."