australia accepted 200000 boat people, page-40

does immigration relieve the skills shortage????

ok lets see what bob carr says
"The fact is there's been serious study that shows increased immigration worsens and doesn't relieve skills shortages. You import a tradesman, a qualified tradesmen, coming here to make a contribution. He brings with him his dependents. And the studies confirm that ramping up immigration actually exacerbates skills shortages rather than relieves them."

you see he is saying they bring in their dependents and that makes things even worse.