Coalition's migration rules questioned by former immigration bureaucrat

Abul Rizvi questioned how demand for visas will triple when rules make permanent residency harder to obtain

The effectiveness of the federal government’s new rules for skilled worker migrants, designed to encourage people to settle in the regions, has been questioned by a former senior immigration bureaucrat.

Abul Rizvi, the former deputy director of the department of immigration, has also questioned the wisdom of designated area migration agreements (Damas), bespoke arrangements which carve out regions with special visa rules and concessions, to address skills shortages.

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