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immigrant countries, Australia wants only good people like you!
Australia's 2001-02
Migration Program places emphasis on attracting new migrants who have education or work
skills which will contribute to Australia's economic growth. Usually they have:
- a high level of education
and occupational skills; OR
- a good track record in
business; OR
- outstanding talents in a
particular field.
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More than half of the 85,000
places in the Migration Program is allocated to these skilled migrants. The balance is
made up of family-sponsored migrants (37,900 places) and those qualifying under special
eligibility arrangements (1,600 places).
In addition, Australia has a
Humanitarian Program (12,000 places) which caters for refugees and other people who have
left their homes and countries because of war or civil strife or who have experienced
human rights abuses.
- skilled migrants - people with work
skills or abilities that will benefit Australia;
- business migrants - business
people with a proven record of business skills and expertise;
- employer nomination migrants -
programs for Australian employers to recruit highly-skilled workers, or for the transfer
of key employees into a company's Regional Headquarters;
- family
migrants - those with a close relative in Australia who can sponsor them, or
who are in a relationship with a person eligible to nominate them;
- special eligibility - for
former citizens of Australia, former residents of Australia, and for family of New Zealand
citizens settling in Australia;
- refugees/humanitarian entrants
- people who are recognised as refugees or eligible on other humanitarian grounds;
- New Zealand citizens - a
number of options exist.
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