Solutions To Migrant In Australia

Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. Migration occurs for a variety of reasons they can be; economic, social, political or environmental. A few issues migrants face are:

• Migrants that are coming to Australia may have no English language or literacy skills.

• Most migrants that have recently arrived in Australia have spent most of their time in refugee camps therefore, they may have no idea on how to rent a home or manage a budget. Migrants are generally unaware of the Australian way of life.

The Migration Act 1958 (Commonwealth) and important legislation:

The categories of visa under which a person can apply to enter Australia give the federal government a means of controlling who comes into the country. Visas

The ability to read, write, speak and understand spoken English will ultimately affect a person’s self-confidence and path to settling down into Australian culture. There have many solutions to this problem; in New South Wales, the Australian Migrant English Service (AMES) has provided English classes to more than one million migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants who have been able to join classes.

• The workplace:

New migrants to Australia need to find a job so that they will be able to support themselves and their family. Finding a first job in a new country would be hard to anyone as English is their second language. In November 2007, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest findings into the realities of migrant employment. The ABS have established the National Migrants Statistics Unit, which focuses on how well migrants settle into Australian life. They came to the following conclusions:

- In November 2007 there were 647000 who have arrived as migrants to

The things provided by the services provided by the non-government organisations are:

• Housing

• Full time care for people under aged that are unaccompanied

• support to access healthcare, containing mental health care and treatments (as permitted by DIAC)

• education support for children who attend school for example; paying fees, buying uniform, covering text book and excursion costs

• welfare support

• providing furniture and household products

• activities, for example; English classes, social networks, sports

Disadvantages faced my migrants:

• Economic – low paid work, in low skilled sectors of the workforce.

• Social – socially isolated or marginalised. Prejudice, language barriers, class structures.

• Education – offspring of migrants were not performing as well

• Political – few migrants were active in politics. Discrimination, few opportunities to participate, ignorance of political system.

• Direct discrimination – when a person receives worst treatment because of his race, nationality, ethnic background, etc.

• Indirect discrimination – some people do not have to comply although everyone else