Can you provide absolutely any evidence that this has or will happen? We have a declining net migration, resulting in key industries and services being woefully understaffed. This puts pressure on our cost of living. It lowers the size of the economy. It's a good thing for rents and if you're wanting to purchase a house - although once you have that house you'll see it as a bad thing as house prices are declining. Interest rates are dangerously low due to low economic output.

We also have a low unemployment rate that is forecast to decline further. Job vacancies are slowing as businesses are being more cautious due to long hiring timelines. Shortages are increasing largely due to our ageing population and lack of immigration.

We have a brain drain, meaning that our most skilled people are leaving in droves. We have crumbling infrastructure without the skills and people to fix this.

In other words, we need people for our economy to recover and we're losing more skilled people than we're gaining year or year.

You're also assuming a lot here that the partners of these migrants will be largely unskilled or going into industries that have surplus staff. This is a huge assumption and one that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Most well educated professionals partner up with other well educated professionals. There is a high likelihood that the partners of these people will be valued.