Establish who migrated, by age and sex, using a typology of temporary migration, permanent migration and refugee settlement.
"Temporary migration is more likely to be directed towards urban centres, and increasingly towards smaller towns.
There is hard data that backs up the claim that temporary migration improves productivity and welfare.
"There is nothing more permanent than temporary migration," cynics always say.
The ACTU and unions, for one, support a strong permanent migration program with temporary migration to fill genuine skill shortages.
Additionally, parts of our temporary migration scheme (tier 5) are completely closed off to migrants from developing countries.
But equally persistent are the market forces and demographic pressures that make temporary migration worth considering anew.
An important step, ministers have always said, is breaking the link between temporary migration for work and permanent residence.
The MPs also heard from Jeremy Oppenheim, temporary migration lead for the UKBA, who said the previous system of student visas had been "profoundly unregulated".
The leaked papers suggest a policy that would break the link between temporary migration from EU member countries and the right to settle permanently in Britain.
As well, temporary migration to the country has shot up, mainly via temporary skilled work visas as well as student visas.
