AUSTRALIAN MIGRATION
Fewer From Europe “The Press” Special Service SYDNEY, June 14. Australia’s immigration programme is being affected by improving conditions in European countries, and the buoyancy of the European economy, according to the Minister of Immigration, Mr H. F. Opperman. “It is no longer a question of how many immigrants Australia can take, but how many we can get,” said Mr Opperman.
Mr Opperman said that this year’s target had been raised to 145,000 migrants, and every effort was being made to increase the number of non-British migrants. “But it is not easy,” he said. “In Britain we can advertise, but we cannot go into Europe and advertise indiscriminately.” He announced that a large campaign, using films, television and radio talks, and thousands of booklets in various European languages, had been launched to persuade Europeans to migrate to Australia. “In Europe there is a great movement of workers on short-term contracts from one country to another,” he said. “These people have the migratory feeling. They have left their own country and we are concentrating on getting hold of them.” Mr Opperman said the Government’s new policy on the naturalisation of non-British migrants had not produced the numbers expected, but was showing concrete results. The Government reduced the period of residence necessary for naturalisation qualification from 15 to five years.
The Minister said the nation-wide census to be held on June 30 would assist his department’s programming by providing information on the living and working habits of migrants. “It will show how many migrants there are, where they have settled and their movements from state to state,” he said.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31086, 15 June 1966, Page 5
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