MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – The Australian government said on Saturday it is increasing the number of visas for skilled workers willing to migrate to the country’s regions in a bid to ease pressure on major cities, where populations are growing twice as fast as elsewhere.
The government will increase the intake under its regional migration program to 25,000 from 23,000, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office.
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