Australia

8111000

Immigrant Population

30.4%

Immigrant Share of Total Population

431000

Emigrant Population

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Giving Cities and Regions a Voice in Immigration Policy: Can National Policies Meet Local Demand?

Regional visa programs in key immigrant destinations direct workers to underserved areas but risk poor integration outcomes by overriding immigrants' market-driven location decisions.

What We Know About Circular Migration and Enhanced Mobility

Circular migration offers real development gains for origin countries, destinations, and migrants, but only when governance and bilateral policy cooperation are in place.

Recognizing Foreign Qualifications: Emerging Global Trends

Rising temporary migration is outpacing traditional licensing frameworks globally, and partial recognition models show promise but risk stranding migrants in limbo for years.

Major Immigration Countries Take a Crack at Addressing Thorny Issue of Immigrant Detention

Immigrant detention reforms in the United States, Australia, and Greece in 2012 drew persistent criticism.

Australia's Boat People: Asylum Challenges and Two Decades of Policy Experimentation

Australia remained locked in two decades of policy experiments over how to deal with asylum seekers known as boat people.

Visas for Entrepreneurs: How Countries Are Seeking Out Immigrant Job Creators

Entrepreneur visas have spread across the industrialized world, but identifying who will succeed is difficult and programs have admitted a relatively small number of people per year.

Immigrant Detention under Scrutiny in Australia, United Kingdom, and United States

Immigrant detention in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States faced backlash in 2011.

Asylum Seekers Unnerve Governments

As asylum applications rose in early 2009, countries such as France and Australia took harder lines.

Buyer's Remorse on Immigration Continues

The 2009 recession drove governments in Europe, Asia, and North America to tighten immigration rules.