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The national employer association has also welcomed the government’s move to increase its humanitarian intake, and says business is ready to play its part in welcoming new arrivals.
Innes Willox, the chief executive of the Ai Group, said the increased uptake needs to be matched with investment in settlement programs:
With the increase in the refugee intake there should be a matching increase in investment in settlement programs that support and help put new arrivals on the path to finding fulfilling employment and building their new lives in Australia.
It is often very difficult for new refugees to have success in the job market for multiple reasons including language, skills recognition and their recent personal circumstances.
Business is ready to play its part with government in welcoming and assisting these new arrivals, and indeed all new migrants, to become a valuable part of the Australian community.
Updated at 23.22 EDT22m ago23.02 EDT
Praise for Australia’s increase in refugee intake
Humanitarian and employer groups are welcoming the government’s announcement yesterday they will be increasing Australia’s refugee and humanitarian intake to 20,000 places per year, up from the previous cap of 17,875.
Paul Power, the CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) said:
This announcement by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles comes at a time of great need, with the global refugee population greater than ever before at 35.3m and 2.4m refugees identified by the UN refugee agency UNHCR as being in urgent need of resettlement.
At a time of such great need, every additional refugee resettlement place is welcome and signifies Australia’s willingness to increase its share of international responsibility for people displaced by persecution and conflict.
Power said it was the “perfect time” for Australia to demonstrate international leadership two months on from taking on the chair of the Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (the global dialogue which brings together UNHCR, governments, NGOs and refugee representatives from resettlement states).
An expansion of Australia’s refugee program also provides long-term benefits to the nation, he said:
Refugees bring both youth and entrepreneurialism to Australia. New arrivals are on average around 15 years younger than the national median age and, after 10 years in Australia, are nearly twice as likely to be earning income from their own businesses.
Minister for immigration, Andrew Giles, addresses the media. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAPUpdated at 23.22 EDT41m ago22.43 EDT
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