Coming to Australia as a 'Skilled Migrant'

The targeted recruitment of skilled workers has always been a central part of Australian immigration policy and post-war Germany was an important source of so-called 'skilled migrants. ' Karin Schmaedeke and her husband belong to this group of immigrants. The couple with a child came in 1980. Karin Schmaedeke says that she has never regretted the decision to move to Australia.

Vater Schmaedeke hatte Arbeit schon am Tag nach der Ankunft. Töchterchen ist auch fleißig.