They flew in from around the world, chasing the Australian dream, but now they can't wait to fly right back out. So what's causing this mass exodus?
The latest figures show that migrants are leaving Australia in record numbers.
There are those who want to stay, and those who can't wait to leave. The grass is supposed to be greener, but it seems ‘the sunburnt country’ is losing its appeal.
Last year alone the number of people coming here to live dropped by nine per cent to 127,000. As well as that 88,000 left, planning to never return. That's double the number of a decade ago.
Some of the comments were:
- Australians in general not as accepting of foreigners.
- TVs, fridges, cars - they're double or triple the price here.
- Movies take like three months to get here.
- There's nothing to do at night.
- It was good enough to get a Skilled Migrants Visa, but not good enough to get a job.
- With all the qualifications under the sun, you might as well throw them in the bin - they're not worth the paper they're written on.
- You need to retrain, get certificates I, II, III for almost everything.
- Everything's more expensive.
- Coming to Australia is a huge commitment, and an expensive exercise.
- Australia's rules, regulations and red tape forces abroad the migrant merry-go-round.
- Life is more expensive, petrol's more expensive, and going to the supermarket is more expensive.
- Cost of living is spinning out of control.
- Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are now among the top twenty priciest cities in the world, where a decade ago they would've just scraped into the top 100.
- Sydney is the most expensive at a $638,000 average. Melbourne is down two per cent to $550,000. Brisbane is at $428,000, and Adelaide at $389,000. Perth is down six per cent off a big high to $450,000. Darwin is over the half million mark, Hobart is at $345,000, and Canberra at $505,000.
- A lot miss the interaction with family, and also lifestyle factors. You know things don't turn out quite as they expected they might.
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