No one can seem to agree what the level of migration to Australia should be. This is partially because governments don’t really make careful, considered plans.
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As long as the debate stays politicised, anti-immigration sentiment will persist, and so will support for the parties that trade on it.
Think it’s easy to get a visa to Australia? Or that migrants get government benefits? Think again.
History shows immigration policy in Australia is full of yes-no contradictions: fear jostling with hope, exclusion with openness.
Amid the fierce political debate about figures and systems, it’s easy to lose sight of the purpose of migration, to governments, individuals and society as a whole.
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Professor and Director of the Migration Hub, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer and Discipline Lead (Migration), Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne