Why Australia Should Cap Migration by Country, By James Reed

The Macrobusiness article (May 23, 2025) argues for country-specific migration caps, citing Canada's experience with 560,000 Indian permanent residents (2020–2024) and Australia's own data: 259,400 net Indian migrants in the five years to June 2024, and 517,500 over a decade. Author Leith van Onselen warns that such concentration undermines multiculturalism, risks creating a voting bloc, and could lead to Indian-based political parties.Why is Australia a sucker longing for replacement? National caps are justified given global precedents like China and India's strict immigration controls, I will argue.

Case for Country Caps:

Demographic and Social Cohesion: Heavy migration from one country (India accounted for 23% of net overseas migration in 2024) can create enclaves, reducing diversity. Van Onselen argues these risk social fragmentation. Such fragmentation could heighten local tensions in a crisis, as urban overcrowding pushes people outward. Conflict could arise between large different ethnic enclaves, a Yugoslavia scenario, if there is war between the mother countries.

Political Influence: A concentrated migrant group (505,100 Indian-born residents added in a decade) could lobby for policies favouring their interests, as van Onselen notes. X posts claims of "2.1 million Indian people" in three years, reflect fears of political manipulation. This could shift policies away from rural interests, affecting farmers and all Aussies.

Resource Pressure: Net migration of 380,000 in 2024 outstripped housing (168,050 dwellings built vs. 240,000 needed) and infrastructure ($40 billion/year shortfall), per Macrobusiness. In a collapse social breakdown scenario, where Australia is headed, this could drive resource competition.

Global Norms: China (Immigration Law 2012) and India (Citizenship Act 1955) restrict immigration, often on ethno-demographic grounds, having modern equivalents of the White Australia Policy. Australia could similarly prioritise national identity or security as that current policies invite white replacement. Of course, that is Labor's goal both here and in the UK.

The Illusory Case Against Country Caps:

Economic Impact: Indian migrants, especially students (672,982 visas in Q1 2025) and skilled workers, support industries like education and healthcare. Critics like Abul Rizvi warn caps could disrupt universities (facing 20% revenue drops) and labour markets, though Macrobusiness notes 44% of skilled migrants work below their skill level. Time to take a stand against this.

Diplomatic Fallout: Capping Indian migration risks straining Australia-India ties, critical after agreements like the ECTA and Migration and Mobility Partnership. India's push for labour market access in trade deals (e.g., Albanese's expanded FTA talks) complicates restrictions. These pacts are nothing more than colonisation plans and must be abandoned.

Ethical Issues: Caps based on country could be seen as discriminatory, clashing with Australia's multicultural identity; but so what, why should this a concern now? The Grattan Institute argues migration's housing impact is overstated, though Macrobusiness counters with evidence of strain.

Implementation Hurdles: Caps require complex policy shifts. Rizvi calls them "chaos," citing the Administrative Review Tribunal's backlog (177,900 bridging visas in Q1 2025). All the more reason to end the mass immigration scam before it ends Australia.

Australia has the right to cap migration by country, as China and India do, to balance demographics, manage resources, and ensure cohesion, as Macrobusiness argues. So, it's do it!

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/05/should-australia-cap-migration-by-country/

"Canadian analyst Ben Rabidoux posted the below graphic on Twitter (X), asking whether Canada should place a country cap on its permanent residency intake:

The graphic shows that India has dominated Canada's permanent residency intake, with around 560,000 admissions between 2020 and 2024.

Rabidoux added that Canada had more than 400,000 permanent and temporary arrivals from India in 2023 alone, equivalent to another London, Ontario.

"Country caps would encourage newcomers to integrate and would protect integrity of the system", Rabidoux said.

The above graphic inspired me to undertake a similar analysis for Australia, derived from Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, which shows that India also dominates migration into Australia.

The following chart shows that 259,400 net Indian migrants arrived in Australia in the five years to June 2024, with 517,500 net Indians arriving over the decade.

In a similar vein, the number of Indian-born Australian residents increased by 250,900 in the five years to June 2024, with 505,100 added over the decade.

If diversity and multiculturalism are the goal, then having so many migrants arriving from one nation makes little sense. Such a concentration also risks creating a voting block that lobbies for policies favourable to itself.

If the flow of Indian migrants into Australia continues at its recent pace for another decade, then we are likely to see Indian-based political parties formed aimed at promoting Indian interests.

While the risks are obvious, there is little hope of curbing migration due to recent agreements signed with India facilitating migration to Australia, namely:

The Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), signed by the former Morrison Coalition government.

Australia-India Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, signed by the current Albanese Labor government.

The Mechanism for Mutual Recognition of Qualifications, signed by the current Albanese Labor government.

Labor is also incentivised to maintain high levels of immigration, given that Indians tend to vote for Labor:

Following Labor's election win, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he looks forward to "working together to further deepen the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and advance our shared vision for peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific".

The Australian subsequently reported that the Albanese government is seeking an expanded FTA with India that will offer "greater labour market access" in return for tariff cuts for Australian farmers.

The celebratory reaction of migration agents and Indian students suggests that a reelected Labor government means easier migration pathways to Australia.

Labor will double down on Big Australia immigration and radically transform the housing and demographic composition of the nation."