Australia Immigration

Australia Immigration

had started approximately 40,000 years ago. It took place during that period when Australian Aborigines reached the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea Island. During 1600s-1700s the Europeans started to land and by the year of 1788 the country had been colonized by Great Britain. Since the last decade Australia is experiencing the highest percentage of immigration. From 1993 to 2004 the net migration from overseas has reached from 30,000 to 118,000 (approximately).

The immigration to Australia started during the end of Pleistocene epoch . On 26 th January, 1778 the British people arrived at the Sydney Cove with a mission of setting up a colony. Nowadays this day is celebrated as Australia Day that has a great significance among all Australians. Since 1851 population started to increase. During this Gold Rush era the Irish, British, Chinese and Germans started to settle down. Just after the occurrence of 2 nd World War Australia started to give more stress on the immigration program . In the year of 2001 this issue along with the protection of border and election campaign programs started to gain the attention of all the Australians. This happened due to the occurrence of certain mishaps. Such as September 11, 2001 attacks, the Tampa affair, Children overboard affair, the SIEV-X. 1958 the Commonwealth Migration Act is regulated by the Immigration and citizenship Department . In recent days there are mainly 2 immigration programs.These include

• Migration Program
• Humanitarian Program

Department Immigration Australia

: the offices are at many Places like Weatern Australia,New South Wales,Victoria,Queensland South Australia,Tasmania,Northern Territory ect,these Department For Immigration To Australia provides Immigration Services.

Since Australia is comparatively a high immigration country its policy of immigration is also affecting the Australians greatly. The political parties of Australia also prefer the higher percentage of immigration. Many politicians have been found to favor this high level immigration