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The Australian view on Immigration has not shifted very much regarding boat peoples arrival in Australia. The government was very fearful of possible backlash from the Australian public, regarding both the boat peoples arrival and possibility of opening up the borders to SE Asian immigrants. The view of fear of boat people is still very prevalent in the Australian social-political climate today, with it being a hot topic among politicians. A poll from the Sydney Morning Herald in 2014 showed that 59% of Australian people did not believe that boat people were 'real refugees', and 60% believed that the Abbot government needed to treat the refugees harsher. The governmental view has caused some international conflict, with the Indonesian government condemning the policies in 2014. Furthermore, in the most recent Federal budget, a increase has been allocated to border patrols to send back Asylum seeker boats.

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"excluded "undesirable" immigrants, including most Asians." 1965 Immigration Act which abolished the need to base immigration availabilities off of nationality and

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When the Vietnamese arrived on the boats there wasn't just a 20-50 people there over a 100 all squashed together with no room to move around

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- The Vietnamese were described as a "Total economic Burden
- "We are a country of migrants, and are in debt to them""

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* The Australian dream in 1900 was the promotion of equality, tolerance and acceptance BUT this was only available to white people. NOW, it really is available to all.
*The Vietnamese refugee movement changed the face of australia
*Vietnamese rescued Australia from 'social suffocation'

* It was the 'greatest success story

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The Australian people were kind, gave them money to call the police

Fishermen were generous, gave whole packs of cigarettes

Immigration officials were worried

Police and Govt. were worried that it could cause public alarm

Govt. kept arrival of boat as low key as possible

Govt. dispatched officials to Malaysia to set up refugees camps, trying to prevent public outcry

Nation was 'deeply fearful' of Vietnamese/SE Asians

Malcolm Fraser risks backlash if he opens the borders

The public accepted the Migrants during the period of immigration

Politicians (PM's, Reps, Senators) were and still are against boat people arrivals

Boat people are still an Australian fear

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Communist Regime pushed them out of Vietnam. The reason the Vietnamese chose to come to Australia was because of fond memories of Australian soldiers. They did think about going to America, although the first 5 young men who came were scared they would not be welcomed there, because they remembered the American soldiers and how they were treated by them during the Vietnamese war. When the first group of migrants arrived (the first five male immigrants), the local Australians were not shocked, but somewhat welcomed them, although, the immigration officials were panicking and frantic when they found out, because they were scared that the rest of the country would

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At first there was no concern and the local Australians were very generous towards the boat people, giving them a pack of cigarettes and merely telling them to call the police.

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Group 4 - Difficulties Vietnamese migrants faced on arrival in Australia

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Group 4 - Difficulties Vietnamese migrants faced on arrival in Australia

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- Authority pulled a public alarm on the arrival of the Vietnamese
- No money to start a life
- Becoming a minority for the first time
The culture shock, the difference in societal norms
- Not knowing where they were headed
- Being faced with opinions about their own rights as migrants, no matter their reasons for coming to Australia

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-  Going through the quarantine stations
-  High seas
- Came with nothing
-  Not many resources on the boat
- The migrants were seen as a threat/ a risk
- Culture
- Having to start again (completely different lifestyle)
- So tightly packed together "like sardines"
- Not being able to speak the language

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Group 4- Difficulties faced in getting here

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Group 4- Difficulties faced in getting here

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We only heard the government perspectives, opposed to the views of Australian citizens in society. Generally, the government said that Australian's were very accepting and nonchalant.

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- Australia now contains 199 nationalities and is now one of the most multi-cultural countries in the world.
- When the Vietnamese migrants arrived in Australia the citizens were not panicked with their presence.
- The Vietnamese were seen as a minority and initially had no say or control in what was going to happen to themselves or their lives.
- The five men that first arrived from Vietnam navigated their way to Australia with an Atlas from their school.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hkUKXerM38

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The History of Vietnamese Refugees to Australia - Lòng nhân đạo của chính phủ ÚC

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DIFFICULTIES VIETNAMES MIGRANTS FACED ON ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA

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DIFFICULTIES VIETNAMES MIGRANTS FACED ON ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA

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CONCERNS AUSTRALIANS HAD ABOUT VIETNAMES MIGRATION

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CONCERNS AUSTRALIANS HAD ABOUT VIETNAMES MIGRATION