Our ‘hidden’ migrants
Ean Higgins;16/5/08
Australia is undergoing an unparalleled movement of people and ethnic change through “hidden immigration”, but lacks a comprehensive policy to deal with it, according to an eminent demographer. Monash University professor Andrew Markus said raw immigration numbers masked the magnitude of a demographic revolution that had produced a population where one in four residents was born overseas. At 24 per cent, the overseas-born proportion of the population is twice that of the US at 12per cent, and three times that of England and Wales at 8 per cent, where racial tensions have flared again. “Opinion polls in England in July 2007 and March 2008 indicated that immigration and race issues are the main concern of electors,” Professor Markus said.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23706527-2702,00.html
Tags: Australia, Migrants & Refugees