Immigration

ONE NATION TO SLASH IMMIGRATION BY 750,000

One Nation will reset Australia’s immigration system and slash the number of temporary visa holders and unlawful non-citizens in the country by more than 750,000 over three years. The major plan will restore Australian living standards, ease pressure on housing and essential services and bring population growth back to a sustainable rate.

One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson said Australians have had enough of mass migration and have been heard loud and clear.
“I know Australians are doing it tough. Families are competing with hundreds of people for rental accommodation. Patients are stuck in ambulances because there are not enough hospital beds. Young Australians are being locked out of home ownership while wages and infrastructure fail to keep up,” Senator Hanson said.

“The Labor-Liberal political cartel has sacrificed Australian living standards to serve vested interests demanding continued mass migration. Under Labor, the number of temporary visa holders has surged from 2 million in 2022 to roughly 3 million in 2026.

“A larger economy on paper means nothing if Australians are poorer per person and cannot afford a home, find a hospital bed or get ahead. A larger economic pie doesn’t mean anything if individual Australians’ slice of it is getting smaller.

“One Nation’s plan will return the temporary migrant population to around 2017 levels and the international student population to 2015 levels. Over the three years net overseas migration will be net-negative. Following this, One Nation’s net overseas migration ceiling of 130,000 per year would remain in place.
“We will crack down on illegal migrant employment, cutting off illicit income and encouraging departures. Illegal migrants will be given three-months to leave Australia. Those who depart will be allowed to apply for a visa in the future. Those who remain unlawfully after this period will be subject to immigration enforcement and a lifetime ban from re-entering Australia.

“Tinkering around the edges will not fix the damage. This is about giving Australians breathing space by drastically cutting the stock of temporary migrants, restoring control and making sure migration serves Australia

“Vested interests and elite economists will shriek at the prospect of these cuts. But Canada has shown you can cut migrant numbers, take pressure off rents and still grow the economy.

“Universities will still be able to enrol more than 100,000 international students per year. Universities that provide accommodation for their international students will get priority for these places. Our new high-value postgraduate study visa will also help attract the world’s brightest minds in science, engineering and medical research, giving Australia the talent we need to compete and returning universities to their proper role as research institutions rather than visa factories.

“The temporary skilled migration program will remain available and be driven by employer demand. One Nation will maintain the existing seasonal worker programs, such as PALM and the working holiday maker program. Employers will still be able to sponsor skilled migrants, but temporary skilled migration will no longer operate as a sham family migration pathway.

“One Nation’s previously announced policy to pause new migration from countries the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade rates ‘do not travel’ because of terrorism or other extreme security risks will continue to apply. The use of taxpayer-funded legal aid for visa appeals will also stop.
“We will take back control of who comes here and how many we accept, train more Australians, restore living standards and put the safety and security of Australians first.”

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Media Release: One Nation calls for immediate stop on migration from ‘do not travel’ countries

One Nation is calling on the Federal Labor Government to immediately stop migration from destinations the Australian Government's own Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade rates as ‘do not travel’ because of terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict, violent crime, civil unrest, state repression or institutional collapse.

Senator Pauline Hanson said: “We can no longer ignore the real security risks presented to Australians from regions hostile to our interests and way of life.
“Australia’s terrorism threat level remains ‘probable’, meaning ASIO assesses there is a greater than 50 per cent chance of an onshore attack or planned attack within the next 12 months.

“If the government warns Australians not to go to a country because of extreme security and terrorism risks, the government should not continue accepting ordinary migration from that country on a business-as-usual basis.”

Destinations currently rated as “do not travel” include Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
“I’m not interested in importing the world’s problems at the expense of Australia’s security,” Senator Hanson said. “Australians have no faith that Labor is doing full security checks on new arrivals given the welcome mat has already been rolled out for returning ISIS brides and foreign terrorist fighters.
“The government cannot issue its highest security warning for an entire country about terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary detention, armed conflict and collapsed authority, then pretend those same conditions are irrelevant to migration.

“Where the entire country is marked ‘do not travel’, the government should pause ordinary new migration. Where large parts are marked ‘do not travel’, every application should face far more rigorous security scrutiny.

“The Government should either urgently act on the warnings issued by its own experts or explain why those warnings apparently matter for Australian travellers but not for migration security.

“These changes should apply to every new offshore visa from the listed ‘do not travel’ countries, including refugee and humanitarian visas. There should be no refugee loophole. Any future refugee or humanitarian visa from a ‘do not travel’ country should be considered only if the Government and relevant security agencies can give Australians an absolute assurance that the person’s identity has been established and that they present no security risk to Australians.
“The security of Australians must be the number one consideration of government. Stopping migration from ‘do not travel’ countries and applying greater security checks to countries with warnings will help keep Australians safe.” Access the document here