CANBERRA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched an inquiry into how refugees are integrating into Australian society.
The independent inquiry, which will deliver its final report before the 2019 general election, was announced days before the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) is expected to endorse a plan to lift Australia's refugee intake at the party's national conference on Sunday.
Morrison said his government was "focused on keeping Australians together," adding the best way for refugees to integrate was for them to get jobs.
"We want to make sure we are doing everything we can to help people get jobs, and integrate into the community," he told News Corp Australia on Friday.
The ALP questioned the need for the inquiry saying it would cover the same ground as Parliament's joint standing committee on migration which in December 2017 recommended better-targeted job services for migrants.
The ALP national conference will on Sunday sign-off on a plan to lift the annual refugee intake from 18,750 to at least 27,000 if the party is victorious at the 2019 election.
