Thread: Australian gov't to cut number of skilled immigrant

Australian gov't to cut number of skilled immigrant


www.chinaview.cn 2009-02-24 15:57:50



CANBERRA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans said on Tuesday that there will be a drop in the number of skilled migrants due to the global financial crisis.

"We want to make sure ... our skilled persons have access to those job opportunities first and that migration continues to meet the shortfalls in the skills areas where we need them," Evans told a Senate.

She said the reduction of skilled migrants will be made necessary by economic circumstances, which had changed quite dramatically.

"It's about running a smaller program but keeping it responsive to the needs of the economy and not so dismantling the program as to create problems longer term," she added.


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