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Multiculturalism and Immigrants in Australia Assignment PDF

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Running head: MULTICULTURALISM AND IMMIGRANTS IN AUSTRALIA MULTICULTURALISM AND IMMIGRANTS IN AUSTRALIAName of the studentsName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1MULTICULTURALISM AND IMMIGRANTS IN AUSTRALIAEmigration is the process of leaving own country to live in another. There is a differencebetween migration and immigration as immigrants come to another country to live permanently.There are several positive as well as negative consequences of immigration, within whichmulticulturalism is one (Collins 2013). Multiculturalism is the effect of amalgamation of peoplefrom different countries staying in one making it a melting pot for all the cultures these peoplebelong too. Australia is one of the multicultural populated countries having more than half of itspopulation from another country (Modood 2013). In this assignment the effect ofmulticulturalism and immigration on the Australian culture and Australian identity will bediscussed. According to the data of Australian Bureau of Statistics (2018), there are more than 25%of Australians who are born overseas and more than 45% people live in Australia who are fromanother country or have one parent, father or mother from overseas, adding to the multiculturalsociety. the data also revealed that since 1945 more than 6 million people has been immigrated inAustralia as the policy of immigration does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender,ethnicity and religion (Hage 2012). However, before understanding the effect of multiculturalismand immigrants, the concept of Australian identity should be clear. the current Australian identityis completely different from two centuries ago as different cultures such as Irish, Italian, British,Chinese, Indian and so on has influenced the Australian culture and modified the concept ofAustralian identity nowadays (Yağmur and Van de Vijver 2012). There are several viewsregarding multiculturalism and Australian identity as some researchers think due tomulticulturalism, Australian identity is being destroyed as the real Australian cultural views arebeing replaced by different International cultures. Hence, affecting the core Australian values(Modood 2013). However, another group of researchers believe that due to multiculturalism the
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