A new Land of Gold and Prisoners

Every year, 190,000 permanent visas are granted, this is the actual size of the migration program, besides companies can sponsor people for temporary visas, there is a balance between those who go permanently and those who only go to work.Those who are not eligible in the work modality can also study or masters and after two years look for the qualified visa; However, he stressed the importance of choosing institutes and universities with high prestige and focused on our profile, otherwise, this path may not result and lose a lot of money.

The phenomenon of migration is transforming the world of the 21st century. One of the major concerns of governments and also a source of wealth and diversity faces defenders and detractors. But what happens when a state needs immigration for its survival? Nationalism and multiculturalism clash in the history of a nation that exemplifies this conjuncture: Australia.

In a unique geopolitical enclave in the southern hemisphere, so close to Asia and yet a natural ally of the West, we find Australia, the queen of the Pacific. World famous as a tourist destination for the first world because of its long sandy beaches, its exotic fauna and flora and its warm people, it is also one of the main destinations for other types of profiles: hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers arrive daily at its coasts in search of a better life.

Australia was the ninth country in the world that received more migrants in 2015, with 6.8% of the global total. That same year, 28.2% of its population had not been born in Australia ; If we compare this percentage with the equivalent in the United States, the country that receives the most immigration in the world, we find that the immigrant population comprised only 13.3% of the total American population . But what is the significance of all these data and why are they so revealing? Australian multiculturalism and nationalism are two antagonistic characteristics of the same society that have marked their history and have unwittingly defined the reality of this country in the twenty-first century, which opens a complex future full of challenges to be solved.

A new land of gold and prisoners.

Capriciously, the Australian colonization wanted to coincide with two events that were generating great discontent in the British Empire: the recent loss of the American colonies in 1783 and the increasing overpopulation in their prisons. The Pacific and those new lands discovered barely a decade before resolved the situation and soon the first ships with British prisoners sailed in order to establish a penal colony. It was not long before that exodus joined free men attracted by the possibilities of a new life, who became responsible for laying the first stones of what would become the Australian nation.

These new lands will not only attract European citizens. In 1842, the United Kingdom forced China to open its borders to trade, resulting in the arrival of the first Chinese settlers in Australia. It was not until a few years later, in the early 1850s, when an authentic wave of Asian immigration occurred after the discovery of extensive gold fields in Australia.