Change in attitude toward Australian immigration
December 01 2009 by Liam Clifford
Feelings towards Australian immigration have been found to be improving.
The results of a new survey say that feelings towards Australian immigration have changed for the better. The Mapping Social Cohesion Survey questioned 3500 people; the results were that only 37 per cent of Australians questioned believed that the number of immigrants coming to Australia was too high.
However the survey outlined the potential for conflict among different ethnic groups in poorer areas, the survey found that nearly 70 per cent of Australians living in areas with a high number of immigrants, thought immigration was too high.
Professor Andrew Markus of Monash University speaking about the survey said:
"The potential is that if the economy goes sour and we again find ourselves in a situation of 10-15 per cent unemployment, we may have a different outcome in areas of high immigrant concentration."
Markus said he was shocked to see that attitudes about Australian immigration had not been toughened by the economic situation. During the previous recession in Australia, in 1991, anti-immigration feelings reached a 30 year high.
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