What are the reasons for the tightening of Australian immigration policy?

The Labour Party, which is in tit-for-tat with the Coalition government on immigration policy, has not stopped recently. On the 3rd, Party leader Bill Shorten announced the Labour version of the immigration policy reform. Come with me to see why Australia's immigration policy is tightening.

The government will review the SIV visa rules

According to comprehensive reports, it is understood that federal government officials did not elaborate on the possible reforms to the visas of major investors after the government audit, but he hinted that immigrants need to be proficient in English. Earlier, the federal government announced that it would cancel the temporary work visa popular among overseas people and replace it with a stricter technical visa program. At the same time, the government also announced to raise the threshold for immigration naturalization.

It is understood that nearly 90% of the visa applicants of major Australian investors are from China, and they must invest at least 5 million Australian dollars in Australia to be eligible to become permanent residents of Australia.

At a seminar of Chinese in China held in Sydney, Alex Williams, assistant to the Federal Immigration Minister, told immigrants from China: "The design of visa programs for major Australian investors must meet the needs of the Australian economy. You have the opportunity to have a direct say in the review report, and your feedback will also be valued by the Immigration Bureau. " Hawke pointed out that what Australian society expects is that immigrants have English ability. "I don't think it's unfair."

Labor reform will charge three times the visa fee.

At the same time, the Labour Party has also introduced its own immigration policy reform. In a tit-for-tat escalation confrontation, Xiao Dun accused the Turnbull government of abolishing the 457 visa program last month as "just a scam". On the 3rd, he delivered the Labour Party's pre-budget speech at the Mackail Institute in Sydney.

Xiao Dun announced that the Labor government will charge three times the visa fee to skilled immigrants working in Australia; And create an expert and scholar visa program; Establish a brand-new training fund; And the establishment of a new independent agency to test whether jobs in Australia can be filled by Australians (not overseas residents).

At the same time, this series of forward-looking policy reforms of the Labour Party also includes that it will not sign new free trade agreements with other countries after taking office. The reason is that in the free trade agreement signed between Australia and China, Japan and South Korea, the procedures for overseas workers to undergo labor market tests in Australia are exempted.

It is understood that the Labour Party is extremely dissatisfied with the Turnbull government's new visa policy. These policies include the abolition of the 457 visa, the establishment of two new temporary skills shortage visas, and the introduction of stricter English tests and labor market tests. The applicant has at least 2 years working experience and needs to be subject to police investigation.

The Labour Party argued that these reforms were only "superficial" and did not go deep into the test of the labor market. Even if it becomes more difficult for overseas experts with higher education to enter Australia, these reforms will bring trouble to Australian universities and advanced technology industries.

Xiao Dun said that with the underemployment rate reaching a record high level, it is difficult for young people all over the country to find jobs, and too many employers turn to temporary visa programs to sell local jobs cheaply. He said: "It is time to reform the immigration system so that local people can find jobs in Australia first."