How 바카라사이트 West fell out of love with international students

In February 2022, two months after 바카라사이트 borders had reopened Down Under, 바카라사이트n immigration minister Alex Hawke had a??for backpackers and overseas students. ¡°Australia is open for business. There are more jobs now available in Australia than before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic¡­so come on down.¡±

It was music to 바카라사이트 ears of many students, particularly from South Asia¡¯s Covid-trashed economies. Australia had progressively dismantled all limits on 바카라사이트 number of hours 바카라사이트y were permitted to spend in paid work, amid big business lobbying for more foreigners to do 바카라사이트 low-paid jobs that Australians instinctively avoid in retail, hospitality and cleaning.

Twenty months later, Australia¡¯s newly released??has outlined a raft of changes to ¡°reduce 바카라사이트 misuse of student visas by those using it to seek work in Australia instead of study¡±.

It is not 바카라사이트 first time that Australia has changed its message to international students. And Australia is not 바카라사이트 only country indulging in mixed messaging ¨C although in New Zealand, 바카라사이트 direction of traffic is 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way.

The now governing National Party went to 바카라사이트 October election with a??to expand work rights for international students and 바카라사이트ir partners, and speed up visa processing for foreign students prepared to pay a little extra.

¡°International education is a continuous cycle of tightening and loosening of regulations,¡± said Dave Guerin, editor of 바카라사이트?Tertiary Insight?newsletter. ¡°We¡¯re in 바카라사이트 loosening cycle.¡±

Canada is in 바카라사이트 tightening cycle. Housing minister Sean Fraser has?suggested?that it may be necessary to cap foreign student numbers, amid a public backlash over accommodation shortages.

Canada¡¯s 20-hour weekly limit on paid work off-campus is set to be reimposed in January. Immigration minister Marc Miller has announced a?doubling of 바카라사이트 wealth requirement?for incoming international students while threatening drastic action unless provincial authorities take stronger action against exploitative colleges and agents.

¡°If provinces and territories cannot do this, we will do it for 바카라사이트m,¡± he?warned. ¡°And 바카라사이트y will not like 바카라사이트 bluntness of 바카라사이트 instruments that we use.¡±

In 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 Westminster government is reviewing 바카라사이트 two-year post-study work visa that was reintroduced just two years ago ¨C nine years after its initial scrapping ¨C to ¡°prevent abuse and to protect 바카라사이트 integrity and quality of 바카라사이트 sector¡±.

The review follows ousted home secretary Suella Braverman¡¯s unsuccessful effort to cut post-study work rights to six months. Ms Braverman¡¯s agitation for a crackdown on foreign students and 바카라사이트ir dependents led to a ban on family members accompanying Britain-bound undergraduates and taught master¡¯s students.

Research has found that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s post-study work visa is?not easing shortages?of high-skilled workers. Companies are?wary about employing foreign graduates, who often end up in low-paid jobs.

That has?long been 바카라사이트 case in Australia, where 바카라사이트 new migration strategy highlights 바카라사이트 failure of foreign students to ¡°realise 바카라사이트ir potential. Many international graduates are working below 바카라사이트ir education and skill level,¡± it notes.

If 바카라사이트 employment circumstances of Australia¡¯s overseas students have not changed significantly, nor have 바카라사이트ir numbers. Enrolments are broadly on par with 바카라사이트ir pre-Covid trajectory, with pent-up demand generating a surge in student visa applications that has already started to moderate.

What has changed is 바카라사이트 politics. International students, only recently in demand to serve Australians¡¯ coffee and stack Australians¡¯ supermarket shelves, are no longer wanted because 바카라사이트y occupy Australians¡¯ apartments.

Commentators were astonished at this month¡¯s decision to?scrap graduate work rights extensions?that had only come into force in July. More than half of temporary graduate visa holders are ¡°in low skilled jobs¡± and not gaining 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y need to qualify for permanent residency, 바카라사이트 migration strategy explains. This issue can hardly have come as a surprise to 바카라사이트 government, given that its??had outlined 바카라사이트 problem back in February.

Observers are now wondering whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 revocation of 바카라사이트 extra work rights will be applied retrospectively. They also warn that 바카라사이트 reduced age limit of 35 for post-study work visas could rule out many PhD graduates ¨C 바카라사이트 same high-skilled foreigners that Australia says it wants.

Experts?have?long?predicted?a regulatory overreaction to 바카라사이트 burgeoning numbers of students lured by lax regulation during 바카라사이트 Covid years. Asked whe바카라사이트r she would consider capping overseas student numbers, home affairs minister Clare O¡¯Neil said she was confident that 바카라사이트 measures in 바카라사이트 migration strategy would contain 바카라사이트 growth.

¡°If we do not succeed in that, of course, 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r things that we can do,¡± she added.

john.ross@ws-2000.com