We are being conned

We are being conned

This is how the official figure give a false impression of the numbers of people who are able to assimilate into Australian society.

A figure of 23% is given below for People born in the United Kingdom in accounting for all overseas-born persons in Australia's population, however if one stands on the platform taking the migrants to London airport one would think he was in any country other than Great Britain and it is these ersatz British who seem to be making up the bulk of people arriving from Britain.

One must then take into consideration the people who return to their country of origin and you can bet it is not some Asian or Black African. Yes we are losing the Whites from Britain and Europe who would be a credit to this country and keeping those many of whom will be a racial problem to us.

So obviously the figures below give a false picture of the numbers of people who are capable of assimilating in the Australian community.
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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

MIGRATION IN CONTEXT

In 2005-06 Australia's population increased by 134,600 persons due to net overseas migration (NOM). This represented 51% of total population growth for the year.
Over the past two decades the percentage contribution of NOM to Australia's population growth has fluctuated from a low of 17% in 1992-93 to a high of 56% in 1987-88 and 1988-89.
Since 1997-98 permanent arrivals through the Skill Stream of the Migration Program have been consistently larger in number than permanent arrivals through the Family Stream as well as permanent arrivals through the Humanitarian Program.
Skill Stream migrants accounted for 45% of all permanent arrivals to Australia in 2005-06. In comparison, Family Stream migrants accounted for 26% and Humanitarian Program migrants accounted for 9%, while Non-program migration (consisting mostly of New Zealand citizens) comprised 19% of all permanent arrivals in 2005-06.

AUSTRALIA'S DIVERSE POPULATION

At 30 June 2006 almost one quarter (24%) of the Australian population was born overseas.
People born in the United Kingdom accounted for 23% of all overseas-born persons in Australia's population, followed by New Zealand (10%) and Italy, China and Viet Nam (4% each).
The proportion of people in Australia's population born in the United Kingdom and Italy declined between 1996 and 2006, while the proportion born in China and New Zealand increased. The Viet Nam-born proportion remained steady.
The number of Australians born overseas increased by 1.5% per year on average between 1996 and 2006. This was higher than that of the Australia-born population (1.1%) and total population (1.2%).
Between 1996 and 2006, of the 50 most common countries of birth, persons born in Sudan recorded the largest average increase (27% per year), followed by persons born in Afghanistan (13%) and Iraq (10%). The largest declines in this group were persons born in Poland, Hungary and Italy (down 2% per year each).
Persons born in Southern and Central Asia as well as Sub-Saharan Africa recorded average increases of 6% per year, the largest growth of all major regions between 1996 and 2006.
The two regions of North-West Europe and Southern and Eastern Europe together accounted for nearly half of overseas-born residents in Australia at 30 June 2006 (30% and 17% respectively).
At 30 June 2001 Western Australia had the highest proportion of overseas-born residents (29%) of all states and territories, while Tasmania had the lowest proportion (11%).

This page last updated 29 March 2007