Migrants blamed for Australian IT jobs cut
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:09:36 GMT
AUSTRALIA'S intake of skilled migrants with information technology expertise should be reduced to improve the prospects of local IT graduates who are struggling to find jobs, says an immigration analyst. Bob Kinnaird, of labour market consultants Kinnaird and Associates, said the Federal Government had brought in large numbers of IT workers over the past four years, even though there was a serious oversupply in the Australian labour market, particularly of graduates.
Visa watch-list for criminals entering Australia
Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:04:47 GMT
POTENTIAL terrorists and criminals entering Australia will face heightened scrutiny, under a new watch-list to be set up this year. The Department of Immigration and Federal Government security agencies are setting up a control centre to administer the Movement Alert List, which places a red flag next to the names of criminals, people with terrorist connections, and other undesirables.
Valid visa means deported addict can return
Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:36:11 GMT
THE Immigration Department has been forced to back down on another deportation decision, conceding that a man it deported to Turkey on character grounds must be returned to Australia because he still has a valid visa. It was also revealed yesterday that the Federal Government is reviewing about half a dozen similar cases. In a Federal Court hearing in Sydney, it emerged that Ali Tastan holds a valid resident return visa and must be found and brought home by January 16.
558 Malaysians Barred From Entering Australia In 2004-2005
Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:03:56 GMT
A total of 558 Malaysians were among 1,632 people refused entry at Australian airports during a national security blitz last financial year, ending in June last year. This was a 30 per cent increase in the number of Malaysians barred from entering the country, according to Immigration Department figures. People who arrived holding bogus or no travel documents, as well as would-be illegal workers, were turned away as entries in and out of Australia by air reached 55,000 a day.