Immigration and refugees: Punctuations in the commonwealth policy agenda

Pietsch, Juliet

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Immigration and refugees: Punctuations in the commonwealth policy agenda

Date

2013

Authors

Pietsch, Juliet

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

In April 2013, Australia's population reached 23 million. Up to 60 percent of population growth in Australia comes from immigration and 40 percent of population growth comes from natural increase. It is therefore not too surprising that the issue of immig