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An Economic Reform Roundtable was held in Australia between 19 and 21 August.
Neos Kosmos reports that participants stressed the need for overseas skills recognition reform to benefit the hundreds of thousands of migrants stuck in jobs well below their qualifications.
The vent featured frank discussions wherein there was a consensus that they must improve the issue surrounding the many qualified migrants working below their skill level.
The CEO of non-profit Settlement Services International, Violet Roumeliotis, stated there was agreement in the urgent need to reform skills recognition and that it should be treated as a priority.
Roumeliotis whose organisation leads the Activate Australia’s Skills campaign, said. “We are delighted that reforms we are pursuing have been discussed at the Economic Reform Roundtable.
“These comments show there is broad agreement for making the skills recognition system faster, fairer and more affordable so migrants here in Australia can work in the jobs they were brought to Australia to do. We now need to translate this into action,”
In a media release, Activate Australia’s Skills stated there are 620,000 permanent migrants in Australia working below their skill level despite workforce shortages impeding productivity, which they argued is dragging down productivity and holding back the economy.
