Emigrants becoming permanent residents in Australia

A growing number of Irish emigrants are being granted permanent residency in Australia.

Irish people were in the top six of foreign nationals granted permanent residency in Australia and came fourth in the list of those granted employer-sponsored visas last year, a study has shown.

Australia is to issue more than 5 million visas to migrants this year, which, according to Michael Pezzullo, Australia’s secretary of the department of immigration, reflects a range and scale of policy challenges not seen since the Second World War.