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International students should not expect permanent residency in Australia: Minister
Australian Herald
Monday 8th February, 2010
(ANI)
Melbourne, Feb.8 : Australia's Immigration Minister Chris Evans has said that international students should not expect to become permanent residents of the country automatically.
"There's still a pathway for students, but they have to have the skills we need, they have got to have good English language skills and they have to sit, effectively, a trade test," Senator Evans told Sky News.
"If you can get a job and employers are prepared to sponsor you, then clearly you're of value and you'll fit in and you'll make successful migration," he added.
Senator Evans took aim at private colleges, saying they had created an expectation among students of permanent residency.
"There's no doubt that the growth in the market was driven, in part, by the demand for access to our labour market and permanent residency here," he said.
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| By Skye, 02-08-10, 10:29 AM |
International students should not expect permanent residency in Australia: MinisterThis sudden axing of the current criteria for the overseas students who are here is totally unfair. I am an Australian and can understand that this is far from 'a fair go'. These students did everything the right way, enrolled for courses and have paid for them. It is a failure of common human decency to take the ground out from under their feet. If the government were interested in being fair and decent they would have phased out the older system and then brought in the new one. I am disgusted with Labor for having done this - it hurts the vulnerable. Perhaps the students who have been betrayed in this way should get on boats - doing things the right way did not work, so maybe doing thing the boat people’s way gets quicker results and quicker entry to Australia. |
| By Skye, 02-08-10, 10:29 AM |
DisgustedThis sudden axing of the criteria for the overseas students who are here is totally unfair. I am an Australian and can understand that this is far from 'a fair go'. These students did everything the right way, enrolled for courses and have paid for them. It is a failure of common human decency to take the ground out from under their feet. If the government were interested in being fair and decent they would have phased out the older system and then brought in the new one. I am disgusted with Labor for having done this - it hurts the vulnerable. Perhaps the students who have been betrayed in this way should get on boats - doing things the right way did not work, so maybe doing thing the boat people’s way gets quicker results and quicker entry to Australia. |
| By Auntu, 03-13-10, 05:57 AM |
I AGREEI agree wid skye . Now it seems govt will introduce new list where there will be no accountinng in demand , now they need engineers, doctors ,nurses . |
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