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Australian-type points system for immigrants
Do you think a points/skills-based system similar to Australia's, should be introduced?
Alliance Party Alliance supports a points-based system, linked to skills, as the least worst of all the alternatives for regulating legal immigration. We are opposed to an arbitrary cap that has been proposed by some, such as the Conservative and Unionists. Source: Alliance Party
Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru oppose a points-based system. Source: BBC Politics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29642613
SNP Scotland needs an immigration policy which suits our economic needs, and keeps up with the likes of Canada, Australia, Germany and New Zealand who all have explicit strategies to bring in talent to the benefit of their economies. - SNP home affairs spokesperson Pete Wishard MP.
UKIP UKIP propose the introduction of an Australian-style points system that would assess migrants according to their skills needed for the economy. This would include both immigrants from inside and outside the European Union.. Source: UKIP Policies.