82 per cent of Australians support immigration despite population concerns

NEWS: A new report found more than four in five Australians see benefits to immigration, but concerns remain around overcrowding and house prices.

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สี่สิบสามเปอร์เซ็นต์มีความเห็นว่าระดับการรับผู้อพยพย้ายถิ่น ‘สูงเกินไป’ Source: Image via SBS News

The 2018 Mapping Social Cohesion survey, conducted by the philanthropic Scanlon Foundation, found more than four in five Australians see benefits to immigration.

The survey, which canvassed the views of 1,500 randomly chosen Australians also found 52 per cent of Australians consider the current intake of migrants either ‘about right’ or ‘too low’. Forty-three per cent took the view that the intake was ‘too high’.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News .


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Published 4 December 2018 1:02pm
Updated 12 August 2022 3:41pm
By Peggy Giakoumelos, Abby Dinham
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: SBS News, AAP


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