Archive of the Category 'Australia'

Australia doesn’t want Brits anymore

Wednesday, den 28. July 2010

Australia doesn’t want Brits anymore!
Major employment recruiters in Australia are warning that migration cuts could damage future projects in Australia and lead to a huge skills shortage.
Both political parties have pledged to get tough on immigration and reduce migrant numbers which are blamed for the growing population of Australia. Tony Abbott has promised to cap [...]

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Not wanted downunder - cooks, hairdressers and other low skilled workers

Tuesday, den 18. May 2010

Those who can shampoo hair and make baked beans on toast are no longer wanted by australia, and about time too.
In a bid to make students’ entry into Australia selective, the Australian government has announced a new Skilled Occupation List (SOL), which excludes some popular quick courses that Indians sign up for, like cookery, hairdressing [...]

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Australia is to grow with record population boom

Tuesday, den 29. September 2009

Australia econmoy is on the verge of booming for years to come with a a predicted population boom!
The country saw a 2.1 per cent rise in its population in the year to March, official figures have revealed, the fastest on record and the largest current growth rate of an advanced economy, Reuters reports.
Such a trend [...]

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British Largest Immigrant Group in Australia

Saturday, den 5. September 2009

The number of Brits immigrating to Australia is on the rise, reaching higher levels than ever before, new government statistics have revealed.
2008 saw the highest level of immigration to Australia’s since the late 1960s, with 23,236 out of the 149,365 permanent migrants coming from Britain.
The 2006 Australian census showed that around 5 million people were born outside the country, [...]

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British Expat Numbers on the Rise

Friday, den 28. August 2009

The number of UK nationals moving abroad has increased by 24 per cent in a year, with almost 400,000 people emigrating abroad from Britain in 2008. Perhaps hoping to escape the effects of the recession, a total of 395,000 people left the UK during 2008,  compared with 318,000 in 2007.
According to the Office of National Statistics, [...]

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More and more Brits looking at Canada

Monday, den 29. June 2009

With a strong economy Canada is becoming a popular place with out of work Britons despite the climate which is too hot in the summer and way too cold in the winter!
Increasing numbers of UK nationals have become permanent residents in Canada, up from 5,199 in 2003 to 8,128 in 2007. Though it has not [...]

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11 Millions Brits thinking of leaving!

Wednesday, den 27. May 2009

New research has found that a whopping 11 million Brits are thinking of taking a job overseas within the next two years - a significant dent in the population - and a fifth of those would choose a new life down under…
Britain is experiencing the greatest exodus of its own nationals in recent history while [...]

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The £10 Poms don’t want you either

Wednesday, den 22. April 2009

It has been reported in Australia that the original British migrants of the 1950s, the so called 10 pound poms, are not in favour of the mass immigration that first brought them to Australia’s  shores all those years ago and they would rather see Aus as a closed shop to people fleeing the UK.
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Australia wants native English speakers to take test

Wednesday, den 15. April 2009

There is apparent moves by the Australian Government to insist that everyone must take English language test, even if you are from the Mother Country!
It will no longer be assumed that people from English speaking countries can speak good English. For instance 1/3 of children in London do not have English as a first language.
So [...]

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Australia have revealed big cutbacks in immigration

Monday, den 23. March 2009

Word on the street is that Australia is going to cut back even more in 2010 when it comes to immigrant numbers. They have already announced that there will be cutbacks this year, targetting many different occupations.
However they gone further to say that the cutbacks will accelerate from 2010 and Europeans will not be the [...]

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