<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>scopemigration</title><description>scopemigration</description><link>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/blog</link><item><title>Scope Migration hitting the Airwaves</title><description><![CDATA[Abhishek Vora of Scope Migration and Scope Student Services was the special guest today on Australian Indian Radio. We discussed what it takes to be an international student in Australia and what role can Scope Student Services and Scope Migration can play to realise international students' dreams in Australia. A Big Thank you to Umesh Chandra, Brisbane Indian Times and Australian Indian Radio for your continuous support.]]></description><dc:creator>Scope Migration</dc:creator><link>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/single-post/2016/11/03/Scope-Migration-hitting-the-Airwaves</link><guid>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/single-post/2016/11/03/Scope-Migration-hitting-the-Airwaves</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><iframe src="//0.htmlcomponentservice.com/get_draft?id=5fe512_85be323e7da95809bf24e386e4e86104.html"/><div>Abhishek Vora of Scope Migration and Scope Student Services was the special guest today on Australian Indian Radio. </div><div>We discussed what it takes to be an international student in Australia and what role can Scope Student Services and Scope Migration can play to realise international students' dreams in Australia. </div><div>A Big Thank you to Umesh Chandra, Brisbane Indian Times and Australian Indian Radio for your continuous support.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Migrants bringing parents to Australia should wear cost, Productivity Commission says</title><description><![CDATA[By Danuta KozakiUpdated Tue at 2:47pmMigrants who bring their parents to Australia should be responsible for their living costs as part of an overhaul to family reunion visas, a Productivity Commission report has recommended.Key points: Changes will ease economic pressures, report says Parent's whose children can pay their costs can stay longer Migrant groups have some concerns around community consultation The Federal Government last year asked the commission to undertake an inquiry into the]]></description><dc:creator>ABC Online News</dc:creator><link>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/single-post/2016/09/19/Migrants-bringing-parents-to-Australia-should-wear-cost-Productivity-Commission-says</link><guid>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/single-post/2016/09/19/Migrants-bringing-parents-to-Australia-should-wear-cost-Productivity-Commission-says</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:29:04 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>By Danuta Kozaki</div><div>Updated Tue at 2:47pm</div><div>Migrants who bring their parents to Australia should be responsible for their living costs as part of an overhaul to family reunion visas, a Productivity Commission report has recommended.</div><div>Key points:</div><div>Changes will ease economic pressures, report saysParent's whose children can pay their costs can stay longerMigrant groups have some concerns around community consultation</div><div>The Federal Government last year asked the commission to undertake an inquiry into the use of visa charges and the impact on Australia's migrant intake. </div><div>The report found family reunion visas need to be restricted for parents of migrants, with the average older age and shorter time in the workforce costing the health and welfare system billions of dollars. </div><div>Under the recommended changes, a temporary visa for parents would allow them to stay for a longer period of time as long as the sponsoring child met the necessary health and income costs during their stay. </div><div>The report also said criteria for non-contributory parent visas should be narrowed to cases where there were &quot;strong compassionate grounds&quot;.</div><div>More consultation needed: Migration Council Australia</div><div>Migration Council Australia chief executive Carla Wilshire welcomed the report, and said it was comprehensive and well balanced. </div><div>&quot;I think it makes some excellent points about recalibrating what some of the economic advantages are of migration,&quot; she said. </div><div>But Ms Wilshire said she had concerns about the commission's recommended changes to the migrant parents visa system.</div><div>&quot;I think we need to be careful and do a comprehensive community consultation,&quot; she said.</div><div>&quot;For a lot of migrant families, separation from parents is a particularly difficult part.&quot;</div><div>The chairman of the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia, Joseph Caputo noted the system governing migrant parents' visas was already highly regulated.</div><div>&quot;We are disappointed they are recommending tightening up the already very strict regulations in place for bringing parents into the country,&quot; he said.</div><div>Mr Caputo also highlighted the indirect benefits that parents brought to their migrant children upon arrival.</div><div>&quot;Many grandparents provide much needed childcare for their working children,&quot; he said.</div><div>&quot;They can also contribute in other ways, including helping the family settle in Australia without the worry of an elderly parent alone overseas.&quot;</div><div>Local jobs unaffected by new arrivals, report says</div><div>The Productivity Commission report also highlighted the impact of migration on Australia's labour market.</div><div>It concluded that on an aggregate level, local workers have been neither helped nor harmed by immigration over the 2000-2011 period.</div><div>It said the impact on the youth labour market remained inconclusive.</div><div>The report found that employers were less likely to invest in workforce training because of a &quot;ready access to skilled immigrant labour, especially via the Temporary Skilled Work 457 visa program&quot;.</div><div>It also found high rates of immigration put upward pressure on land and housing prices in Australia's largest cities.</div><div>&quot;Upward pressures are exacerbated by the persistent failure of successive state, territory and local governments to implement sound urban planning and zoning policies,&quot; the report said.</div><div>A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the Federal Government would consider all the report's recommendations respond in due course.</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>George Christensen calls for restricting immigration from countries that do not share 'Australian values'</title><description><![CDATA[he Liberal National Party's George Christensen has called for immigration to be restricted from countries where violent extremism is prevalent, telling Federal Parliament many recent immigrants do not share Australian values.Key points: LNP backbencher says immigration should be halted from countries with 'extremism' Christensen calls for broadening of anti-terror laws Labor says Christensen has 'undue influence' on Government The Queensland backbencher's speech is at odds with the Prime]]></description><dc:creator>From ABC News</dc:creator><link>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/single-post/2016/09/19/George-Christensen-calls-for-restricting-immigration-from-countries-that-do-not-share-Australian-values</link><guid>https://www.scopemigration.com.au/single-post/2016/09/19/George-Christensen-calls-for-restricting-immigration-from-countries-that-do-not-share-Australian-values</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:22:20 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>he Liberal National Party's George Christensen has called for immigration to be restricted from countries where violent extremism is prevalent, telling Federal Parliament many recent immigrants do not share Australian values.</div><div>Key points:</div><div>LNP backbencher says immigration should be halted from countries with 'extremism'Christensen calls for broadening of anti-terror lawsLabor says Christensen has 'undue influence' on Government</div><div>The Queensland backbencher's speech is at odds with the Prime Minister's recent words.</div><div>Malcolm Turnbull has repeatedly described Australia as the most successful multicultural nation on earth.</div><div>A day after the One Nation leader Pauline Hanson advocated a ban on Muslim immigration, Mr Christensen told Parliament he was concerned about &quot;the rise of Islamism in this country and those who are willing to commit violence in the name of that ideology&quot;.</div><div>&quot;I think we should consider some tighter controls on borders such as restricting immigration from countries where there is a high prevalence of violent extremism and radicalism,&quot; Mr Christensen said.</div><div>He said many immigrants in recent years did not share what he called &quot;Australian values&quot;.</div><div>&quot;Why did they choose to come to Australia in the first place?&quot; he asked the House of Representatives.</div><div>&quot;There are other countries that they would find less offensive, countries where they could enjoy a similar level of oppression and violence to which they are accustomed, which they obviously want.</div><div>&quot;It is not necessary to travel half way around the world to come to Australia and demand that Australians change their culture, their society and their laws to match those of their former homeland.&quot;</div><div>Mr Christensen also called for anti-terror laws to be taken a step further.</div><div>&quot;Those who do not hold dual citizenship but have the capacity to become citizens of another country should have their Australian citizenship revoked and be advised to seek alternative residency arrangements,&quot; he said. </div><div>Senator Hanson's said in her first speech Sharia law should not be allowed, and Mr Christensen told Parliament he was also worried about it.</div><div>&quot;Sharia is not a religion and for that matter neither is Islamism. In this country there is no freedom to pick and choose which laws you obey,&quot; he said.</div><div>Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese emphasised that Australia had a bipartisan agreement on a non-discriminatory immigration policy.</div><div>&quot;We live in a harmonious society. We should cherish it, we should ensure that we are very proud of it and we should oppose any attempt to divide us as a community,&quot; Mr Albanese told AM. </div><div>Mr Christensen earlier had a political victory when the Government changed its superannuation plans and he withdrew his threat to cross the floor.</div><div>Mr Albanese said Mr Christensen seemed to be wielding power within the Government.</div><div>&quot;We have some fringe elements who are a part of a mainstream political party now in Australia and it is of concern,&quot; he said.</div><div>&quot;Some of these fringe elements appear to have undue influence in Malcolm Turnbull's Government.&quot;</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>