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WHAT DOES RESEARCH TELLS US? Population, participation and productivity: needs to have new migrants to lift the three ‘Ps of high economic growth - population, participation and productivity’ (Carvalho, 2015) for its economic sustainability. The IGR 2015 shows that compared to 54% of Australians being under 40, more than 88% of the migrant population is below 40. Similarly more than 50% of those who came in within the last three years are aged between 20-34 years whereas one in five Australians fall in that age group. Migrants are mostly young and fall within the productive age group. Therefore the migrants can be easily the valued human capital for Australia to continue its economic growth. Moreover, increasing aged population will†¦show more content†¦The high economic costs of detainees: Australian Government spends about $2000 per day for an individual offshore detainee and approximately $900 per day for a detainee in Australia (Parliament of Australia, 2015). The government could have saved $400 million dollars if it decided to provide each detainee a free accommodation at $148 on average a week in the mainland (ABS, 2013-14) and provide free education to each child at $84 per day-the average an Australian pay for housing and education (ABS, 2013-14). At the same time ABS (2014) shows only 11% of recent migrants are solely dependent on government allowances while about 83% recent migrants and temporary residents report wage and salary as their main source of household income. The economic contribution of the humanitarian settlers: There is no doubt that advocating for humane and compassionate treatment and policies for the refugees and asylum seekers is important on the fact that they contribute ‘enhancing multiculturalism and cultural diversity’ but ‘their intangibility makes it difficult to demonstrate and articulate their virtues’ (Parsons, 2014); whereas the economic contributions of the humanitarian settlers are supported by evidence and facts show that they are pivotal for Australian economy. The dependency of humanitarian settlers on social welfares diminishes within ten years and they prosper faster and surpass other migrants by twenty years (Parsons, 2014). Once they