Yle NewsEK: Finland must increase work-based immigration to meet future challenges
Finland's main business lobby is calling for a sharp increase in labour-based immigration.
#Finland #businesslobby #labourimmigration #increasediversity #economicgrowth
Mojo ♻️Inside Australia's international #educationsham.
A detailed interview with David Flint at ADHTV discusses Australia's #immigration numbers, focusing on the record boom in #internationalstudents. #auspol #BetterNotBigger #housingcrisis #businesslobby #sustainability
I also explain why the export numbers attached to international education are a sham, which encourages poor policymaking
Inside Australia's international education sham
#Australia has begun implementing stricter #visa rules for international #students this week in response to an increase in net overseas migration, which is adding pressure to the country’s rental market. ‘Students’ are now required to communicate in English. #propertylobby #businesslobby #auspol #housingcrisis
https://erudera.com/news/stricter-rules-for-international-students-in-australia-visa-grants-down-35/
Cory DoctorowMarket consolidation has produced firms that are more powerful than the governments that are supposed to keep them honest. When the teams have more power than the ref, the game will never be fair:
https://doctorow.medium.com/small-government-fd5870a9462e
The tech industry aren't really adverse to the entertainment industry, at least not where it counts. They are all part of the #BusinessLobby, whose regulatory priorities are broadly shared, even if they disagree at the margins.
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Dick Smiths Fair Go SupportersTo unpack this a bit, this is not about reducing #immigration - its about signalling to his base that he is being tough on #borders.
Circa 2004, #warCrimes proponents, #Bush, #Blair + #Howard used similar cynical tactics to get re-elected.
They depend on people spreading news like this, which ignores #legalImmigration, that serves the #businessLobby and #propertySpeculators
Legal immigration has remained very high under Trump, approx 1 million entrants per year granted perm'nt residency.