Brain Drain | India top exporter of skilled immigrants to Australia

India has climbed to the top of the charts as the top source country for skilled permanent migrants to Australia.

Chris Bowen, the Australian immigration minister who is visiting India, told TOI, “The strongest link between Australia and India is peopleto-people through immigration . India has for several years been our third largest source of permanent migrants . This year so far, India has been the largest source; it has beaten China and the UK.”

While immigration, particularly of the skilled variety , is shrinking in both the UK and the US, Australia has emerged as the beneficiary.

Bowen said, “Most of the Indian migration is skilled, both independent and sponsored. Independent migrants clear the points test and come over and look for work. Sponsored migration is when an employer sponsors someone. We encourage that. Its better for them, it’s better for us. Then, there is the temporary skilled migration, what we call 457…India is the second highest source of such migration.”…

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Read More @ India top exporter of skilled immigrants to Australia – The Economic Times.