Migrant workers don't harm jobs or wages of local workers

A migrant worker installing electrical circuits

A migrant worker installing electrical circuits Source: SBS

There are an estimated two-million temporary migrants in Australia at the moment, and as the economy slows and wages stagnate, their presence has increasingly become a political issue.


But, a new report has found that those migrants are not harming the jobs or wages of local workers.


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