Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration Update - 24 June 2021 - Issue #23
by eduaid
Jun 25, 2021
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Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration Update
24 June 2021 - Issue #23
In this issue:
- Australian tech sector urges skilled migration system reform
- Halted skilled migration to suffocate NSW economy for years
- Canada urged to provide PR to more low-skilled workers
- Canada invites 940 candidates in biggest-ever PNP draw
- NZ extends working holiday visa, delays immigration reset
- Popular Australian Recipe – The Impossible Pie!
- Other Global News
Australian Immigration
Australian tech sector urges skilled migration system reform
The Australian tech sector has become the latest industry to criticise the country’s skilled migration system and join the calls for a reform.
Speaking on improving Australia’s skilled migration assessment system, Australian Computer Society (ACS) CEO Rupert Grayston said that any changes made should be centered around aligning skillsets with the areas in the job sector where those skills are most needed, with cybersecurity and software development being prime examples.
He also suggested that the best approach to improving Australia’s skilled migration framework would be a co-design between the industry and the government.
You can read more on the Australian tech sector’s calls for a reform here.
Halted skilled migration to suffocate NSW economy for years
The slump in skilled migration to Australia due to the pandemic will suffocate the New South Wales economy for years to come, state Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has said.
Speaking ahead of delivering the state budget later this month, Mr Perrottet said that in addition to the economy, the population growth of NSW is also plummeting.
The falling population growth is being especially felt in industries ranging from hospitality to professional services, which are heavily reliant on skilled migration.
Click here to read more on how the pandemic is suffocating the NSW economy and population growth.
Canadian Immigration
Canada urged to provide PR to more low-skilled workers
A policy brief published by Canada’s Ryerson University has recommended Canada to provide more pathways to permanent residency in the country to temporary migrants with low skill levels.
Seeing as the demand for low skill jobs is set to increase in Canada in light of the pandemic, the policy has recommended that the country should offer more options of permanent residency for lower-skilled workers.
Points mentioned in the policy brief include creating PR pathways for more applicants, allocating more economic class applications to lower-skilled migrants, introducing protection policies against wage drops, and more.
You can read more about the policy recommendations here.
Canada invites 940 candidates in biggest-ever PNP draw
940 Express Entry candidates have been invited to apply for permanent residency in Canada in the largest PNP draw held in the country’s history.
Successful candidates in this round of the draw needed to have a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 711 points – 600 of which was already awarded from being nominated by a Canadian province.
So far in 2021, Canada has invited more than 75,000 candidates to apply for Canadian immigration with permanent residency, whereas around only 27,000 candidates were invited at this stage last year.
Read more on Canada’s largest ever PNP-only invitation draw here.
New Zealand Immigration
NZ extends working holiday visa, delays immigration reset
Immigration New Zealand will extend working holiday visas for ten thousand temporary skilled migrants in NZ for another six months, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has said.
The visa extensions for skilled migrants would ensure employers in NZ can “continue to access the current onshore workforce” to help with skill shortages, Mr Faafoi said.
He also said that the working holiday visa extensions would ease the anxiety of temporary skilled migrants with the knowledge that they can stay and work in NZ for the foreseeable future.
Click here to read more on New Zealand’s extension of working holiday visas.
Popular Australian Recipe – The Impossible Pie!
The Impossible Pie is a delicious custard pie which is adored by Australians. It is delightfully simple to make, and can be enjoyed with the whole family. To help you get a taste of Australia’s famous Impossible Pie, we have laid out the recipe below!
Ingredients
- Milk – 2 cups;
- Desiccated coconut – 1 cup;
- Caster sugar – 1 cup;
- Melted butter – 125g;
- Eggs (lightly beaten) x4;
- Plain flour – ½ cups;
- Vanilla extract – 2 tbsp;
- Icing sugar (to serve) – ½ cups;
- Cream (to serve) – 100ml.
Method
- Preheat the oven at 180C.
- Apply light greasing to a round pie plate.
- Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl thoroughly.
- Pour the mixture into the round pie plate.
- Bake the mixture for 50-55 minutes until it turns light brown in colour.
- Top off the pie with icing sugar and cream.
- Serve in wedges and enjoy your freshly baked, delicious Impossible Pie!
Other Global News
India
India frets over Myanmar refugees entering eastern states
Thousands of Myanmar residents fleeing to India from the junta’s crackdown have left Indian officials worried.
Around 16,000 refugees from Myanmar have entered India’s far-flung eastern states of Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland, according to estimates by government officials and civil society groups.
Government officials are growing increasingly worried of the regions becoming stages for pro-democracy movements and instability incited by Myanmar activists and fighters, who have already reportedly held a training camp in Mizoram in early May.
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