It’s official: international education is a migration scam
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Everything I have written about Australia’s student-migration scam has been confirmed by the latest study on the international education sector by Jobs & Skills Australia (JSA).
JSA openly acknowledged that most international students come to Australia primarily to work and live, rather than for educational purposes. Nearly 70% of international higher education students reported migration as a reason for choosing to study in Australia, the report says.
“For many students, migration aspirations are a primary goal”, JSA says. “The purpose underlying the choices of many students was to seek permanent residence in Australia”.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.