Impact of Migration on Children and Families in Australia

Running head: POST GRADUATION DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
POST GRADUATION DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
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Literature Review
Introduction
Several migrants come to Australia in the form of secondary family applicants either to
be reunited with their respective families or because of matrimonial reasons. The migration
process by various family members has its occurrence across several layers of visa categories.
The dependent children as well as partners of the visa holders who engage in the skilled,
business, family and humanitarian sectors are permitted to migrate with them as secondary or
accompanying migrants (Halliday et al., 2014). Despite the fact that the selection of chief
migrants is performed focusing on the areas where they can offer their contribution to Australia,
several secondary migrants possess the skills and expertise to improve the economic growth of
the nation. However, the direct influence on the ones who are experiencing the process of
migration is profound and intense. The fact cannot be denied that children are regarded as
excessively vulnerable towards the impact of migration. There must be an increased level of
awareness and acknowledgement of the worth of early childhood development and well as other
family members in order to identify and comprehend the major areas of issues and concern
raging with the process of migration in Australia.
Exploration to the Concept of Migration:
Australia has been a nation of immigration since the period of colonization. However,
over the past few centuries, the new settlers have experienced severe rate of hostility and
aggression originating from the British settlers in order to preserve the country as British as well
as white (Adair, 2015). Australia has been largely experiencing large-scale immigration as well

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as ethnic diversity. However, the domain of social sciences has played a significant role in
establishing as well as defining various aspects of the immigration procedure. It further
facilitated in enhancing the awareness on public judgment and growth of policy development.
The development of population particularly the concept of immigration has been a predominant
area of public dispute in the country (Tyrer & Fazel, 2014). There are various ways of explaining
and evaluating the process of migration. The net overseas migration rate has been regarded as a
vital concept to understand the growth of population along with its other factors.
Global migration has its contribution to the post war development in population.
Immigrants who have settled in the country have manipulated patterns of life in Australia along
with its economic, social, traditional as well as environmental effects. It must also be noted that
several patterns of immigrant settlements have continued to remain a ignored and abandoned
factor of the Australian international migration as well as its settlement policy and investigation.
Over a million of temporary migrants reside in several parts of Australia at present which
incorporates several international students, talented and skilled migrants, New Zealanders as
well as refugees on provisional and temporary protection visas (Fozdar & Hartley, 2013).
However, the influx of excess rate of migrant population as marked a drastic change belonging to
the permanent colonizer model that exemplified the Australian migration during the 20th century.
This migration has expelled several challenges and areas of concern for Australia have to be a
democracy dedicated to a system of citizenship-based multiculturalism.