Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
Feb 3rd 2011, 5:42 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
So let me get this right, some people leave the UK because they feel there are to many migrants. So they decide to move to Australia and become migrants themselves even tho Australia has a higher percentage of migrants than the UK. There is a word for that ......Hypocrisy i believe 
Feb 3rd 2011, 5:53 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
So let me get this right, some people leave the UK because they feel there are to many migrants. So they decide to move to Australia and become migrants themselves even tho Australia has a higher percentage of migrants than the UK. There is a word for that ......Hypocrisy i believe
What would you call all those people? Ignorant, misguided, ill-informed or, let me guess, racist?
I suppose there's no chance that they might have a point?
Feb 3rd 2011, 5:54 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
So let me get this right, some people leave the UK because they feel there are to many migrants. So they decide to move to Australia and become migrants themselves even tho Australia has a higher percentage of migrants than the UK. There is a word for that ......Hypocrisy i believe
Some people leave UK as it's over crowded and unable to cope with the influx of economic migrants as well as the current numbers of population. Generally migrants to Aus have skills to offer and Aus is a far larger country and can accomodate the volumes of migrants it brings in
A little bit different mate.
Feb 3rd 2011, 6:00 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
Close to one in four Britons, a higher percentage than in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, believe that immigration is the country's biggest problem.
What would you call all those people? Ignorant, misguided, ill-informed or, let me guess, racist?
I suppose there's no chance that they might have a point?
What would you call all those people? Ignorant, misguided, ill-informed or, let me guess, racist?
I suppose there's no chance that they might have a point?
No just hypocrites.
Feb 3rd 2011, 6:08 pm
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Feb 3rd 2011, 6:41 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
"If your kids were not born here or very young when they arrived of course they will never feel 100% Australian."
Which is a crap. I know people who came here as kids and strongly believe themselves to be 100% Australian.
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:11 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
Seems that in general, people really get wound up by the whole notion - needlessly.
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:12 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
OR....
Some people leave UK as it's over crowded and unable to cope with the influx of economic migrants as well as the current numbers of population. Generally migrants to Aus have skills to offer and Aus is a far larger country and can accomodate the volumes of migrants it brings in
A little bit different mate.
Some people leave UK as it's over crowded and unable to cope with the influx of economic migrants as well as the current numbers of population. Generally migrants to Aus have skills to offer and Aus is a far larger country and can accomodate the volumes of migrants it brings in
A little bit different mate.
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:16 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
Depends on your definition of Australian. It might be as little as wanting to take out citizenship and wanting to integrate and liking and feeling compatible with your new found country. That's not fooling yourself or having to change yourself.
Seems that in general, people really get wound up by the whole notion - needlessly.
Seems that in general, people really get wound up by the whole notion - needlessly.
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:45 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
This bit of the discussion all started when I said i didn't think my kids would ever be 100% Australian. They arrived as a 15 and an 11 year old. They may well surprise me and become 100% Australian... but I still doubt it.
For myself, I arrived in my 40's. I fit in well, I'm a bit bogan, I have no aires and graces and I'm now an Australian citizen.... but I'll never be 100% Australian. Never.
For myself, I arrived in my 40's. I fit in well, I'm a bit bogan, I have no aires and graces and I'm now an Australian citizen.... but I'll never be 100% Australian. Never.
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:46 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
This bit of the discussion all started when I said i didn't think my kids would ever be 100% Australian. They arrived as a 15 and an 11 year old. They may well surprise me and become 100% Australian... but I still doubt it.
For myself, I arrived in my 40's. I fit in well, I'm a bit bogan, I have no aires and graces and I'm now an Australian citizen.... but I'll never be 100% Australian. Never.
For myself, I arrived in my 40's. I fit in well, I'm a bit bogan, I have no aires and graces and I'm now an Australian citizen.... but I'll never be 100% Australian. Never.
Feb 3rd 2011, 7:58 pm
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Re: Do Brits move to Oz cause they think there are too many migrants in UK?
Yeah that's correct. The Queen of Australia is a separate legal designation in its own right under the Australian Constitution. In all her Australian duties, she speaks and acts as Queen of Australia, and not as Queen of the United Kingdom.
http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchAndCo...Australia.aspx
Since the passage of the Australia Act 1986, the only action performed by The Queen under the Constitution is the appointment of the Governor-General, on the advice of the Australian Prime Minister.
http://www.gg.gov.au/content.php/cat...d/1/title/role
http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchAndCo...Australia.aspx
Since the passage of the Australia Act 1986, the only action performed by The Queen under the Constitution is the appointment of the Governor-General, on the advice of the Australian Prime Minister.
http://www.gg.gov.au/content.php/cat...d/1/title/role
