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CHINESE DIASPORA’S ROLE IN FORMATION OF AUSTRALIAN NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY
- Authors: Katkova E.Y.1
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- RUDN University
- Issue: Vol 18, No 3 (2018): Prospects for South—South Cooperation. 40th Anniversary of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action
- Pages: 642-655
- Section: PEACE AND SECURITY
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20109
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-3-642-655
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The article contains a historical overview of Australia's migration policy and analysis of the Chinese diaspora’s role in building an Australian multicultural society. The relevance of the study is determined by the increased importance of the human rights and racial discrimination problems in the developed countries’ policy discussion in connection with the strengthening of the world processes of integration. Those problems are not new in Australia, until the early 1970s the “White Australia Policy” restricted immigration from non-European countries, particularly those of Asian background, with the goal of creating an “Anglo-Celtic” Australian nation. Post-war mass migration, mostly from Europe, had a significant impact on the ethnic composition of the population. This situation put pressure on the government to recognize cultural diversity and in the early 1970s led to the creation of the concept of a multicultural society. The aim of the study is to follow the evolution of public opinion on migration and to assess the role of the Chinese diaspora in the formation of the Australian new immigration policy. In addition, the author also examines the problems of integration, racial discrimination and residual racism in the Australian multicultural society. In conclusion, the author pointed out that despite the existence of some challenges for migrants relating to the social integration people from all over the world now harmoniously coexist in Australian society. Today, the Chinese diaspora is the largest Asian diaspora in Australia and one of the factors affecting the political and economic processes in the country.
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Evgeniya Yur'yevna Katkova
RUDN University
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Email: yeniya.dorogova@gmail.com
postgraduate student of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations of the RUDN University
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