Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Migration Program Targeting

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Senator Bowen) today launched his Report on the Migration Program 2009-10.

The proportion of skilled migrants (in the total intake) has risen and so have the number of those migrants who are in the employer sponsored categories. This is hardly surprising considering the processing priority which is currently in place. The top occupations are accountants, IT professionals and registered nurses. The UK still represents the largest source of migrants, but India and China are high on the list.

You can read the whole press release by clicking here.
If you feel like reading the whole report - click here.

Creative commons attribution for the photograph.