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Feb 04, 2009
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23 January 2009
THE
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than doubled in the past six months compared to the same period last
year. Figures released by the Australian Department of
Immigration and Citizenship show the number of young Irish applying to
visit on working holiday visas increased 52% in the last six months.
There were 12,790 applications between July and December of 2008,
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Feb 04, 2009
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TD,
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attracting an average of 20,000 Irish people back to settle in their
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Young Irish fleeing to Australia as job prospects
Feb 04, 2009
Young Irish fleeing to Oz as job prospects plummet
23 January 2009
THE
number of Irish people visiting Australia on working holidays has more
than doubled in the past six months compared to the same period last
year. Figures released by the Australian Department of
Immigration and Citizenship show the number of young Irish applying to
visit on working holiday visas increased 52% in the last six months.
There were 12,790 applications between July and December of 2008,
compared to the 8,417 that were issued in the same six months in 2007.
The working holiday visa is available to 18- to 30-year-old Irish
citizens, and allows them to work and travel in the country for one
year, with the option to extend for a further 12 months if certain
criteria are met.
Tourism Australia general manager for
Britain and Europe Rodney Harrex said the downturn in the economy was
leading to Irish people looking for opportunities down under.
“With the current economic situation in Ireland, many young
school-leavers and graduates may be struggling to find work and are
looking for other opportunities,” he said.
Hundreds of young
people turned out for a seminar in a Waterford hotel this week,
organised to highlight job opportunities in Australia, New Zealand and
Canada.
The Migrate Abroad seminar at the city’s Tower Hotel
attracted a full house, showing just how emigration is now an option
for the hundreds of construction workers and other trades people who
have found themselves out of work in the past year.
John
Kelly, a long-serving representative with the construction sector union
UCATT, says he can well understand the desire by so many young people
to get away. “At the moment, hanging around this environment is a waste
for many young people.
“If they can get away — providing they have their craft certificates — they should.
“A young male today, if he’s single, I feel should think strongly about
emigrating because there’s nothing at the moment in this country for
him.”
Edwina Shanahan, marketing manager with VisaFirst.com, said people with trades are in demand on the other side of the globe.
“In the past year particularly, people have been going to the other
side of the work just for work, particularly Australia where there’s a
demand for skilled labour — for tradesmen who’ve been let go here,” she
said.
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