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The 2010 general election put immigration front and centre of the political landscape for the next 14 years.
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Making election promises about migration numbers is much easier than keeping them.
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The latest census figures are released this week, but the long-term trends are already clear: we will soon be more Māori and more Asian, fertility rates are dropping, and more citizens are leaving.
Post-Brexit immigration rules have already affected thousands of UK-EU couples and families.
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The new proposals will be devastating to any British citizen who falls in love with a foreign partner.
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The relationship between net migration and support for the governing party is positive.
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Net migration numbers tell us little about the effectiveness of migration policy.
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In this podcast, @michellegrattan and the Greens spokesperson on housing and homelessness, @MChandlerMather, discuss the $10b housing fund, rent-freezes, and net migration
Net migration has gone down since the referendum.
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There is substantial difference in what’s happening to migration from inside and outside the EU.
More by luck than design, recent recent levels of immigration seem to be in a ‘goldilocks zone’ that balances economic, social and environmental objectives.
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Immigration is neither the problem nor solution in many areas where Australia is off-track, from government debt to environmental action.
Big decisions.
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What migration figures really tell us about the movement of people.
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New data points to misplaced UK clampdown on ‘overstaying’ international students.
Coming and going.
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The options on the table for the UK when it comes to that most contentious of issues.
Bags are packed, you’re ready to go.
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A fall in the number of migrants after Britain leaves the EU will be costly.
Public services are under threat from government cuts, not migration.
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When it comes to public services, it’s not just a question of demand, but also one of supply.
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Some perspective on the government’s net migration target.
Meat for sale at a Polish delicatessen in London.
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Six countries account for half of the EU migrants to the UK – but they’re not all from eastern Europe.
Will they stay or will they go home?
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As the government looks to further tighten visa rules for non-EU students, how many are choosing to remain after their courses finish?
Academics doing battle with the Home Office.
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Academics are on the frontline, battling the Home Office over new visa regulations.
Traffic congestion in the major cities is expected to cost Australians A$20.4 billion a year by 2020.
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Linking population growth with productivity and labour participation is problematic, just one of many questionable assumptions made in the Intergenerational Report.
Why is the UK so attractive to Chinese students?
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As debates continue over the number of foreign students in the UK, there have been accusations from business leaders that the government’s policy of including students in the net migration target has been…