Burke has only been in the role for a couple of weeks, but a backlog of more than 150,000 parent visa applications presents some tough choices.
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Immigration policy treats some people’s family life as less legitimate than others’.
Brexit has created new borders within British-European families.
Australia’s debates about migration tend to focus too much on numbers, and not enough on who we choose. Accepting 30,000 more skilled permanent workers is a good move – but there’s more to be done.
New research suggests that refugees and family migrants are more likely to report a British identity than economic migrants.
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Research Associate, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy, Aston University
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director (Migration), Grattan Institute
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Senior research associate, Lancaster University
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Public Sociology, Lancaster University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University