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The refugee crises and what it means for the LGBTQI Asylum Seekers

In the times we live in, there are more people forcibly displaced by situations beyond their control. War, poverty, and climate change have caused more migrations than both World War I and World War II combined and in 2015, around 60 million people were forced to become refugees.

Many people among these refugees belong to the LGBTQI class (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Intersex), and Australia’s immigration policies directly create the conditions which increase the trouble these people have to go through during their migration. These conditions increase the harassment, exclusion, humiliation and violence against refugees who belong to the LGBTQI group.

It has to be kept in mind that these people are already coming from places where they have faced rejection and hurt by the general attitude against the LQBTQI community and have come to foreign lands to escape war, terrorism, and trauma.

Australian Prime Minister has made two major initiatives in Australia’s immigration policy. Now students studying the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) have a way to apply for permanent residence in Australia. There is also a new Entrepreneur Visa introduced that will be implemented from December 2016.

How the change in Immigration Rules can make Immigration to Australia Easier for Students

The initiative for STEM students is for those who are doing their masters and PhD from research institutes in Australia. The field of ICT and STEM is quite broad and hence, a lot of student migration is expected for completing their qualifications in Australia, as it gives them extra points in the skilled migration points test. 

Since the change in the point system will be implemented accordingly at the end of the year, it cannot be said for sure of how many extra points STEM students will receive to migrate to Australia. However, studying in Australia is definitely going to make their immigration process easier.

When it comes to Australian immigration, skilled workers and technicians are at an advantage. An example of this can be seen in the Skilled Occupations List (SOL). Individuals with specialization in any of the fields, mentioned in SOL, will not require any work experience when applying for skilled migration to Australia.

This year, the government has introduced a number of laws and regulations to benefit engineers who wish to migrate to the country. These rules affect immigration process for engineers at three different fronts, which are explained as under:

The following email has been received by Migration Alliance from the DIBP:

Dear colleague or stakeholder

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection continues to invite people who arrived in Australia as irregular maritime arrivals (IMA) to apply for Temporary Protection visas (TPV).  Invitations to apply for TPVs are being sent to people according to the order in which they arrived in Australia, although priority is also being given to those in immigration detention. Applicants need to wait until it is their turn to apply for a Protection visa. The Department is currently inviting people who arrived from 14 November 2012 to 30 April 2013 to apply for a Protection visa.