Increase parent visa fee? Not just a financial issue

Australia should reevaluate visas for parents of immigrants, the Productivity Commission advised on Tuesday after revealing each year's intake costs taxpayers between $2.6 billion and $3.2 billion. The report suggested raising the current visa charge for contributing parents, and narrowing eligibility for those non-contributing parents if there were strong compassionate grounds. It also recommended that families of non-contributing parents paid for any income and health support during their residence. Do aged migrants become a big financial burden to Australian taxpayers? Demography expert Dr Yan Tan from University of Adelaide spoke to Mandarin Producer Alan Qu that the expenditure are concerning but we should also recognize aged migrants' contribution to the value of family in general and multiculturalism integration in Australia.

Source: by Dr Yan Tan