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The Regional Migration-Development Nexus in Australia: What Migration? Whose Development?

Martina Boese¹, Anthony Moran¹

¹Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.

Frontiers in Sociology

|April 19, 2021

Summary

Australian regional migration policies view migrants as economic contributors, overlooking their aspirations and rights. Sustainable policies must consider migrants' needs and well-being for genuine regional development.

Keywords:

temporary migration Australia employment migration policies migration-development nexus multiculturalism refugees rural migration

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Area of Science:

Sociology
Migration Studies
Regional Development

Background:

Recent Australian migration policies focus on regional resettlement of refugees and attracting migrant labor.
These policies are increasingly framed through the migration-development nexus, influencing regional growth strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the nature and scope of development promoted by Australian regional migration policies.
To examine the intersection of government initiatives with the lived experiences of regionally settled migrants and refugees.
To critically assess the migration-development nexus in regional Australia.

Main Methods:

Analysis of data from three research projects on regional settlement, multiculturalism, and mobilities.
Examination of government policies and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
Inclusion of perspectives from regionally settled migrants and refugees.

Main Results:

Government policies and initiatives often instrumentalize migrants (skilled, labor, refugees) for regional development.
Migrant regional settlement is shaped by employer demands, visa regulations, and life course trajectories.
A tension exists between short-term economic fixes and long-term sustainable migration outcomes.

Conclusions:

A purely economic view of migrants as agents of regional development is limited.
Sustainable regional migration policies require recognizing migrants' aspirations, needs, rights, and the human costs of policy design.
Acknowledging the lived experiences of migrants is crucial for effective and ethical regional development strategies.