Some 250,000 migrants a year are needed in Australia, says new report
Australia needs 250,000 migrants a year to boost the economy in the next five decades and reducing net migration is a dangerous step to take, according to a new report.
In its latest forecast report, the Australian government said it expects the number of people moving from overseas to workand live will remain stable at 215,000 per year.
But a new report from the Migration Council of Australia says that this is not enough and reducing numbers would be a serious error, adding that the economic contribution of migrants has been seriously underestimated for years. The report includes the first comprehensive
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IMF urges EU to open jobs market quickly to refugees
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The tide of Middle East refugees should boost European economic growth over the short term, but their longer-term impact will depend on efforts to integrate them, the IMF said Wednesday.
In a new study to be presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week, the International Monetary Fund said that governments making strong efforts to bring refugees into the workforce can lessen the chance that they will become a burden on the state budget.
"Quick labor market integration can unlock the potential economic benefits of the refugee inflow," said the IMF study, "The Refugee Surge in Europe: Economic Challenges."
"It would also minimize the risk of social exclusion for the newcomers and maximize their net contribution to the public finances in the longer term."
The report comes as governments across Europe wrestle with the political, social and economic implications of admitting huge numbers of migrants fleeing the conflicts in Syria and elsewhere
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Taxpayers should fund jobs for refugees, says IMF
Up to four million refugees should receive taxpayer-funded subsidies to encourage them to take low-paid jobs and integrate into European societies, the International Monetary Fund said.
A report launched in Davos yesterday by Christine Lagarde, the fund's managing director, urged the EU to risk deeply unpopular policies in order to tap the economic potential of refugees.
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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/davos/article4670627.ece
Montreal factory welcomes Syrian refugees with jobs, French lessons
MONTREAL—When Syrian refugee Garouj Nazarian is asked how he likes working for his boss, the answer comes in choppy English — but the sentiment shines through.
"So much good," he says with a big smile, offering a thumbs-up to emphasize his joy.
Nazarian, who's been in Canada for about a year, has been working for six months at a Montreal plywood factory owned by Levon Afeyan, who fled Lebanon's civil war with his parents and two brothers in 1975.
"I like working here very well," Nazarian says in English before finishing his answer — "to take care of my family" — in Armenian.
Nazarian is one of 12 Syrian refugees among 80 employees and Afeyan intends to hire more as Canada opens its borders to thousands of people fleeing the Assad regime and the Islamic State.
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Refugees face qualification hurdles in German job hunt – Only five-to-ten percent of asylum seekers qualified
FRANKFURT: From an economic point of view, it all seemed to make sense. There are hundreds of thousands of job vacancies waiting to be filled in Germany and 1.5 million refugees arriving in Europe's biggest economy since 2012, many of whom are looking for work. But for many of the new arrivals, the all-important job qualifications that employers require in Germany are a major hurdle, coupled with the language barrier and the fact that frequently the more pressing need is simply to find enough money to live on.
Economists have long pointed out that with its ageing population and an ever-widening shortfall in qualified labor, Germany urgently needs immigrants if it wants to maintain its prosperity in the long term. The massive influx of the refugees seemed to offer a welcome opportunity to help fill, for example, the thousands of training places that remain vacant every year.
But few refugees are familiar with an "apprenticeship" system combining both on-the-spot vocational training and theoretical learning that almost every employer in Germany, from bakeries to multinational companies, adheres to, said Meike Al-Habash, head of vocational training at the IHK Chambers of Commerce Association in Berlin.
Both chambers of commerce and Germany's federal labor agency are increasing their efforts to raise awareness among young refugees of the importance of qualifications for entering the German labor market. But "in a lot of cases," the immigrants have "other priorities," said Juergen Wursthorn, a spokesman for the federal labor agency in Nuremberg.
"It is not rare for young people to arrive in Germany with the dream of quickly earning enough money to send back to their families," he said. "Not to mention those who have to repay the huge sums of money they owe to the smugglers who brought them over." Many of them therefore choose a job in the unqualified sector, simply to earn enough immediate cash, rather than go through the training process, which is very low paid.
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Why Merkel is right to welcome refugees, according to IMF economists
LONDON — Arguing in favor of more refugees has become difficult for Europe's mainstream politicians in recent weeks. Sexual assault allegations against asylum seekers in Cologne and other cities have had an immense impact on the public debate in Germany -- arguably Europe's most welcoming nation toward refugees at the moment.
Amid the growing discontent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged governments to consider potential economic benefits of new arrivals in astudy published Wednesday. Based in Washington D.C., the international organization's voice is among the most influential in world economics.
Many of the researchers' observations are based on economic migration rather than influxes caused by war. Drawing on previous experiences, the economists expected short- as well as long-term benefits, particularly in the countries that have become the most common destinations for migrants, including Germany, Sweden and Austria. Public spending on refugees -- on housing, for instance -- could temporarily decrease unemployment by providing jobs to residents living nearby and keeping local food distribution companies and contractors busy with work.
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