Migrants don’t actually threaten Australian workers’ jobs, new analysis reveals

A new report found immigration has not harmed the earnings of local workers.

Office workers are seen at lunch break at Martin Place in Sydney

Temporary skilled migrants have not displaced Australian workers despite fears immigrants threaten the local job market, new analysis found. (AAP) Source: AAP

Temporary skilled migrants have not displaced Australian workers despite fears immigrants threaten the local job market, new analysis by an independent economic organisation has revealed.

Research by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has also shown immigration has not 

The report, "Effects of temporary migration", showed there are about two million people on temporary visas, including students, working holiday-makers, skilled workers and New Zealand citizens.

The research, released on Monday, showed 70 per cent of temporary skilled migrants reside in NSW and Victoria, which have the lowest rates of unemployment in Australia.

These workers are excluded from free or subsidised government services but contribute to tax revenues, "resulting in a net benefit to government budgets".

"Despite repeated claims and assertions, the evidence suggests that the success of recent waves of migrants in the labour force does not come at the expense of Australian workers," the report said.

More in via SBS News.


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Published 15 July 2019 12:12pm
Updated 15 July 2019 2:31pm
By Stephanie Andary


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