We Make Australia, We are all Australian Flashcards
What are the four types of migration?
Labor migration
Asylum seekers
Illegal migration
Expertise migration
What are pull factors?
Conditions in the country that make immigration attractive.
What are push factors?
To emigrate out of their original country
What is the push factor for Nick Kalogeropoulos?
Lack of income
Lack of opportunities
Lack of safety
What is the pull factors for Nick Kalogeroppoulos?
Good farewell system
Safer. (envelope for milkman)
Start his own business (framework)
What is the clash of cultures and values for Nick Kalogeropoulos?
Greece Value : friendliness
Australia Value: individualistic
Evidence: Back home, we said good morning. Here, we walk in the street and we do not talk.
Why Nick Kalogeropoulos experience racism?
They were immigrants. People are fear of immigrants taking away their job, changing the national identity and increase the burden of a country. (Xenophobia)
What economic struggles has NIck Kalogeropoulos experience?
He lacks of job opportunities because he couldn’t speak English.
From white collar to blue collar
In Athens, he studied to be a computer programmer at night and works as framer during the day. However, when he came to Australia, he could only work in a factory.
What is the push factor for Lan Vo?
Poverty.
Don’t have enough food.
Her country was hard because it is new.
What are the pull factors for Lan Vo?
She is able to start a new business in Australia and earn enough to grow her business.
Australia accepts her whenever who she are.
What economic struggles did Lan Vo experience?
Big family, little funds, had to work extra hard. However, she doesn’t get well-paid.
She had to cook for three men and look after three boys for $20 each. Back then, rent was only $65 a week. She had to work day and night.
What are the push factors for Ai Ling Zhou?
She was appointed by university and being sent to workplaces forcibly.
Primary school homework has to write self-criticism report.
The system devalued her.
What are the pull factors for Ai Ling Zhou?
Easier to adapt to international market in Australia.
Australia promise them to not send them back to China.
What are the clash of culture and values for Ai Ling Zhou?
Political ideology clash (Political freedom, democracy)
Evidence: Before the Tiananmen Square massacre, she was excited because she thought China would change. But reality was devastating for her.
Chinese values: Control and restriction
Australia values: Freedom of speech
Evidence: Her primary school homework was to write self-criticism report. The system devalues her and makes her feel powerless.
Why did Ai Ling Zhou experience racism ?
due to her physical appearance.
So that they will go back
They fear that immigrants will steal their promotion.
Evidence: 1. She got bumped by a white man
2. Chinese-Australian say that colleagues can be friendly but when a position come along, they would feel they deserve it more.
What economic struggle did Ai Ling Zhou experience?
She had to work from white collar to blue collar due to language barrier, earning lesser
Evidence: My degree in China was not recognised so she waitressed while she was studying English. She felt depressed because she was an engineer.
What are the push factors for Hazem Sedda?
Quality of life does not equal to his work and efforts.
People being bashed and shops being robbed frequently.
Lack of economic opportunities
What are the pull factors for Hazem Sedda?
He believes that Australia can lead him to a better life.
He promised his dad that he wasn’t going to let him work in Australia
Good welfare system.
What are the clash of cultures and values experienced by Hazem?
Palestine Value: friendliness
Australia Value: Individualistic
Evidence: Customers would come in and want him to go out. He wasn’t living the life that he was supposed to be living in Australia.
What kind of racism has Hazem experience?
No equality. He was treated differently.
They are perceived as second-class citizen
Evidence: 1) In Australia, Dad started waving to people from across the road. They look at him strangely.
2) For the hard work they did, they didn’t get the respect they deserve
What economic struggle has Hazem Sedda experience?
He should be schooling but working instead to make ends meet
Evidence: From the age of 17, he was sitting for 18 hours a day for seven year straight
What is the push factor for Donald Khadka?
Fewer opportunities to build her career.
What are the pull factors for Donald Khadka?
Australia offered numerous opportunities that could build her career.
She got respect for every kind of work in Australia
Her brother was there for support
What economic struggles had Donald Khadka experience?
She had to take care of the necessity.
She was a contract staff and lack of job security
Evidence: On her postgraduate visa, she’s only allowed to work for 20 hours a week with a low pay rate. It is difficult to pay for daily life.
