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Migrant workers - Suck it up Australia

In light of the ongoing debate regarding the importation of migrant workers to Australia the Xenophobic element within our community would do well to cast an eye to the UK. In the main, migrant workers are sourced for employment in Australia primarily, but not exclusively, to fill the vacancies that the average Aussie has no interest in. Thus with nobody to put their hand up to do the jobs from within Australia commerce is pretty much forced to 'out source'. At this moment in time the volume is so minimal as to not really be worthy of all of the rhetoric and vitriol being directed at the practice. Particularly when one looks at the number of migrant workers that have taken up residence and employment (under similar economic circumstances) over in the UK. Since 2004 there has been an influx of 600,000 migrant workers into Great Britain, now when one considers the population of Australia is a tick over 20 million, the nominal amount of migrant workers being brought to Australia to work really does pale into insignificance. Furthermore, without them who would be doing the jobs that 'True Blue Aussies' feel are beneath them? Once a little perspective is applied a few thousand migrant workers suddenly does not seem so bad eh?