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Sorry to rock the boat: an immigrant’s take on immigration : Comments
By Meg Mundell, published 10/11/2005Meg Mundell asks who decides who will be accepted as an Australian citizen and who won't.
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Ms. Mundell asks, ‘Why am I free to come here ….’. We could well ask, “Why did you want to come to such a terrible country?” And, ‘How bad to we need to be before she does “clear off”?’ We could start practising right away.
The fact that Ms. Mundell totally disregards, or isn’t aware of, the fact that Australia takes in more migrants and refugees per capita than any other country except Canada, clearly shows that the recent call for all immigrants sitting for and passing tests on Australia prior to gaining citizenship is well worth considering.
At the very least, Ms. Mundell should start mixing with people different from the ones she does now. So far, she doesn’t appear to have made any use of her desire to, “broaden her life”.
Perhaps she will never be able to shake of the same pre-conceived ideas that a woman I hired a car from in Wellington had when she told me that, ‘It is good to meet a “nice” Australian. I thought you were all like Roy and H.G. on TV’.