Migration to australia

McDonald, Peter

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Migration to australia

Date

2019

Authors

McDonald, Peter

Abstract

In a relatively short period, Australia has shifted from being a country where migration from Asia was heavily restricted under the White Australia Policy to one where most of the immigrants arriving in a very large migration programme are from Asia. The paper traces this transition and demonstrates the central role that the international student programme has played in this process of change in the twenty first century..