Australia, Canada & New Zealand Immigration Update - 10 Dec 2021
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Dec 11, 2021
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Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration Update
10 Dec 2021 - Issue
#34
In this issue:
·
Australia pauses border reopening
process amid Omicron fears
·
Migrants contribute more to budgets
than general population: Treasury
·
Employment rises in Canada with
154,000 new jobs in November
·
New Zealand to reopen borders for
returnees and visitors
·
Special Feature: Canada’s Two
National Sports – Ice Hockey and Lacrosse!
·
Other Global News
Australian Immigration
Australia
pauses border reopening process amid Omicron fears
Australia has paused its planned
border reopening for the next cohort of foreign workers and students due to
rising fears over the new Omicron Covid variant.
The pause will see Australia delay
its border reopening by two weeks and push it back to December 15, 2021.
Australia was expected to reopen
its borders to skilled migrants, international students, family visa holders,
working holidaymakers and humanitarian arrivals on December 1, 2021, as part of
the phased reopening of international borders.
You can read more on Australia’s
delayed border reopening plans here!
Migrants
contribute more to budgets than general population: Treasury
New research by the Treasury has
found that migrants contribute $127,000 more to Australian federal and state
budgets than the general population.
According to the research,
permanent migrants in Australia contribute more financially to the Australian
economy than Australian residents, which boosts the budget bottom line.
The findings of the Treasury’s
research also add weight to calls by Australian business leaders for the
resumption of skilled migration to Australia following border closures due to
the pandemic.
Read more here on the
Treasury’s findings on how migrants benefit Australia’s economy!
Canadian Immigration
Employment
rises in Canada with 154,000 new jobs in November
Canada added 154,000 new jobs in
November as the country took a significant step towards economic recovery.
The addition of 154,000 new jobs
exceeded the expectations of analysts, who predicted that 38,000 new jobs would
be added to the Canadian economy in November.
The 154,000 new jobs raised
Canada’s employment by a full percentage point over the pre-pandemic levels
while also dropping unemployment in the country down to 6 per cent.
Click here to read more
on Canada’s surge in employment in November!
New Zealand Immigration
New
Zealand to reopen borders for returnees and visitors
New Zealand has announced plans to
reopen borders from next year for fully vaccinated returning residents and
foreign visitors.
In the first phase of the
three-part border reopening plan, NZ will allow citizens and residents
currently in Australia to return from January 16, 2022.
The second phase will see fully
vaccinated NZ citizens and residents living in all other countries returning to
their homeland from February 13, 2022, followed by fully vaccinated foreign
travellers from April 30, 2022, in the final phase of the border reopening
plan.
To read more on New Zealand’s
three-phase border reopening plan, click here!
Canada’s Two National Sports – Ice Hockey and Lacrosse!
Canada officially recognises two
national sports: Ice hockey as the national sport for winter and lacrosse as
the national sport for summer!
Ice hockey is the most popular
sport in Canada. It garners the biggest spectator support in Canada, and the
international success in this sport is unrivalled. Canada’s men’s national ice
hockey team is the top-ranked team on the IIHF rankings, and its trophy-haul
consists of 27 gold medals in the IIHF World Championships, 6 World Cups, and 9
Olympic gold medals!
On the other hand, lacrosse is the
oldest sport in Canada, with its origins dating back to the early 17th century.
Canada has regularly been one of the top three teams in the World Lacrosse
Championship every year since its inauguration in 1967, and has won 3 World
Championships!
Other Global News
United States
U.S.
restarts Trump-era policy to return migrants to Mexico
The United States returned two
migrants to Mexico after restarting an immigration policy implemented by former
President Donald Trump.
The controversial program, called
the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), returns asylum seekers from U.S. soil
to Mexico to wait for U.S immigration hearings.
The United Nations-backed
International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged the U.S. government to end
MPP as soon as possible, describing it as “inhumane and contrary to
international law.â€
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