Migrant workers have been abused ever since the beginning. There have been attempts to strike and revolt‚ but it has never been very successful. In “It’s Time to End Worker Exploitation” by Linda Chavez-Thompson exposes the nonexistent rights and abuse of the foreign guest workers‚ but fails to delve deeper into the details of the problems and to find a solution to stop exploitation. The workers’ wages are so low that the job becomes a vicious cycle with little to no chance of coming out with any
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We’ve all come across it‚ we’ve all heard about it‚ we’ve all talked about changing it for the better. Racism. It is known that forty per cent of Australia’s population are immigrants from around two hundred different countries. On the ‘Come to Australia’ website‚ a website designed to encourage immigrants‚ it claims that “Australians’ value the wealth of cultural diversity and the social sophistication that international immigrants bring to our communities.” However‚ I have seen otherwise and this
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Migrant Education is not English as a second language (ESL). So‚ what is Migrant Education? ESL‚ does play a major part of migrant education by helping students whose first language was not English‚ however‚ in order to understand Migrant education it is essential to recognize the life of a migrant student. The life of a migrant student is quite different from any other student‚ and even teachers can feel the hardship. A girl in a third-grade class‚ has trouble doing homework because six relatives
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apparent in Sydney’s CBD and this is manifested in the language of teenagers‚ as well as their migrant parents. An ethnolect is a variation of language that is associated with another ethnicity or culture. The need for a cultural identity in a foreign society often gives rise to ethnolects. This desire for an identity possibly stems from the discrimination committed against cultural communities in Australia. Members of these communities thus develop their own variation of the language‚ which may include
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I’ve learned that the migrant family is strong and cares about one another.They will also do their best to survive.I know this because in paragraph 1‚".... they had been living on frozen vegetables from frozen fields‚and birds that the children kill." "She had just sold the tires of her car to sell food."This shows that the mother would give out anything to get food.What I’d also learned is that before doing something she thinks about it for a long time.She even has pros or cons of doing something
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A Story of Australia Australia is a country known for its surf beaches‚ koalas‚ and kangaroos‚ the Great Barrier Reef‚ iconic laid back lifestyles and much more. But how did this unique country and continent down under begin‚ and become what it is today? Aboriginals themselves have existed in Australia on the land for an estimated 60‚000 years. Recently‚ their diverse and complex history as truly been discovered. Dispersed throughout Australia‚ there were 600 tribes spread out‚ all living off the
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A migrant becomes an Australian when they accept the Australian way of life. By law they are free to live the way they please and follow what religion they want‚ but an Australian is someone who takes pride of their flag‚ pride of their country and pride in what being Australian really means.position You call Australia home with all the privileges. Anybody who wants to become an Australian citizen needs to make a formal application‚ and the time it takes for the process. Usually it takes between
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Essay- Question- What do we learn from Komninos Zervos and Ahn Do’s experience of identity in multi-cultural Australia and how are their ideas effectively expressed? Both the poem and the interview emphasise the importance of treating people equally whatever their background. To stay positive and treat people with respect no matter what. Slang and personal anecdotes/family anecdotes are being used in Adam Hills interview with Ahn do and in the poem ‘Nobody calls me a wog anymore’ by Komninos
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Multicultural Australia: Australia’s Immigration History and Current Political Debate Ryan Besgrove Word Count: 1‚491 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION People have always come to Australia through immigration. Whether it be 45‚000 years ago via nomadic boats (Broome‚ 1994) or through the efforts of the British Empire to expand their Anglican empire (Ferguson‚ 2003). As a result modern Australia is a composite of many varying cultures and ethnicities. It is often said that Australia is a multicultural
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Europe and Russian Federation‚ North Africa and Southwest Asia‚ Sub-Saharan Africa‚ Southeastern and Pacific Asia‚ Australia and Oceania. Australia and Oceania represent an economic region made of Australia‚ New Zealand‚ and the archipelagos of Melanesia‚ Polynesia and Micronesia‚ characterized by a relative isolation from the major cores of the world economy. Despite this‚ Australia‚ although populated mainly along the shores is developed country. Mineral and energetic resources are important: coal
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