Perhaps you are living next door to the millionth migrant to come to Australia. Or maybe the house over the road will be purchased by the 500,000 th British migrant. At any rate, somewhere in your street there is probably a migrant family. During the last ten years Australia, along with other countries, has opened her country to these new settlers. Migration has greatly benefited Australia.
People have different reasons for encouraging migration.
Agriculturalists and industrialists have an eye to manpower. Defence experts welcome an increase in population. Surely the predominant reason for bringing migrants here ought to be a humanitarian one. I believe this was so in the early stages of migration. Thousands of homeless people were given a new start.