Australia has successfully filled over half of the country’s full-time jobs created over the last 12 months, thanks to immigration.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed that employers had run out of qualified local professionals to fill the 240,000 job void, but Australian immigration has proved to be paramount in addressing the country’s large-scale vacancies. At present, immigration has helped to reduce Australia’s job deficit by 53.9 per cent, or in real terms, 129,700 jobs have been filled by migrants with Australia skilled visas.

Amongst the most popular source countries for Australian immigration are Britain, Ireland and New Zealand. The rate of unemployment among British migrants in Australia is just 3.4 per cent.

Thousands of migrants are arriving in Australia every month, having secured jobs before leaving their home countries. In several cases, migrants begin their new jobs within a week of arriving in the country.