Immigration
Iran is hiring children to attack Israeli targets in Europe
Investigators say three attacks this year are part of a new trend in which Iran-affiliated actors recruit local criminals to strike at targets in Europe.
- by Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth
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Hospitals
‘Opera House on your doorstep’: Pitch for foreign doctors to plug NSW Health holes
NSW Health is offering “crisis” rates up to $3050 a day to doctors after more than half the state’s public hospital psychiatrists resigned.
- by Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
Coalition doubles down on promise of student caps, but still doesn’t say how
The Coalition has given its strongest signal yet that it will target rich city universities such as Sydney, Melbourne, UNSW and Monash with its own student caps.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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International students
Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers
Labor will issue a go-slow on student visa processing once universities hit a certain number to get around Peter Dutton’s decision to block its student caps bill.
- by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
11-year-old survives floating alone for days after shipwreck
The “exhausted and cold” girl was saved by a German-flagged sailboat after withstanding a three-day storm and big waves.
- by Colleen Barry and Maria Grazia Murru
Migrant arrivals are finally dropping. But departures are still a big issue
A surge in immigrants calling Australia home is coming to an end. Despite the slowdown, Australia’s population grew by 552,000 over the past year.
- by Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
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Peter Dutton
Watch the exits: The ‘real issue’ missing in the migration debate
More than 80,000 temporary visitors, including “bogus asylum seekers”, are refusing to leave Australia once their last resort to stay has lapsed.
- by David Crowe
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Peter Dutton
Voters back migration cuts as Dutton retreats on target
Labor seized on the move to accuse Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of dumping a promise he made in May.
- by David Crowe
What Harry Triguboff really thinks about local councils and Chinese migrants
The 91-year-old Meriton boss said council staff should be given bonuses if they approved more development applications before making incendiary remarks about Chinese migrants.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Skills
‘Australians don’t want to do the work’: Top restaurants slam migration crackdown
Judy McMahon, owner of Rose Bay harbourside restaurant Catalina, said more than half of her employees were on visas.
- by Daniella White
Australia will pay countries to take our ‘undeportables’ in latest High Court fix
Labor’s agenda has won the Coalition’s support, but the Greens said it was the most “extreme migration legislation since the White Australia policy”.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/immigration-5yj