Firstly the Facts: They are freely available (DYOR). BTW, UT don't bother wasting your key strokes in reply.
- Migrants coming to Australia barely make ends meet. - Chinese RMB / $HK dropped 35% vs AUD since last year. - With silly artificial price rises of 2009, most can't even buy even without the currency depreciation. - East Asian (China, HK, Taiwan, Korea) migrants (coming to Australia these days are typically not that well-to-do. Those with the means can make plenty more money back home with much lower taxes. - SE asians (Filipino, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese) in far smaller intake numbers are in fact relatively "poor". - Disillusioned UK migrants (in droves) are returning to motherland due to unaffordable housing and rent. - Most migrants from India and China have difficulties finding suitable employment due to language barrier and discrimination. - About 30% of Indian migrants with IT credentials cannot find work (hence Taxi drivers and supermarkets). - Chinese fare worse than just about every ethnic group in even getting an interview simply of their names.
"...Research (Residex) by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed for the first time how skilled immigrants - predominantly from Britain, India and China - are forcing house prices to some of the highest levels in the world when compared with average incomes.''"
