SkillSelect is anewskilledmigrantselectionregister that will ensureAustraliacanselect the bestandbrightestskilled migrantsfrom a pool ofprospectivemigrants.
Around 13, 500 of these were from beyond the EEA. Around 10, 000 were on the UK's highly skilledmigrant programme, and many of the others were paying to attend medical school here.
"Instead of clamping down on illegal immigration, what this policy seems to be doing is focusing on a minority of skilledmigrant for whom the employers can demonstrate a business case, " he said.
Evidence was heard on 14 September from Sophie Barrett-Brown and Nicholas Rollason from the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, Amit Kapadia from the Highly SkilledMigrant Programme Forum, and Sir Andrew Green of Migrationwatch.