Unsustainable Migration

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/07/travel/new-zealand-tightens-visa-rules-unsustainable-migration-intl/index.html

New Zealand announced it has tightened its visa rules, introducing language and skill criteria and shortening work permit lengths in response to “unsustainable net migration.”

The changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa (AEWV) scheme have gone into immediate effect, and will mean that New Zealand is “better testing the local labor market and reducing the risks of putting New Zealanders out of work,” the country’s Minister of Immigration, Erica Stanford, announced on Sunday.

In 2023, 173,000 non-New Zealand citizens migrated to the country, the statement said.

While there are still skill shortages in areas such as education, Stanford said, “at the same time, we need to ensure that New Zealanders are put to the front of the line for jobs where there are no skills shortages.”

Changes to the AEWV scheme include introducing a minimum standard of English, a new minimum skill requirement in the form of work experience or qualifications, and shortening the maximum continuous stay on an AEWV to three years.

[LuFins Dad]

Bigots.

[Jolly]

At least they have a helluva moat....

[George K]

Just as a side note, does NZ allow non-citizens to vote?

Do they get free healthcare?

For that matter, if you're citizen, do you need to show picture ID to vote?

[Horace]

Nationalism is evil. I know this because all the people who use the word, use it to describe bad people. Bad nationalist people. That’s how I know nationalism is bad.