It's also interesting given the relative immigrant populations: As of 2011, 26% of the Australian population was not born in Australia.[1] That's around double

It's also interesting given the relative immigrant populations: As of 2011, 26% of the Australian population was not born in Australia.[1] That's around double the UK. The only nations with higher proportions are Luxembourg, Switzerland and Israel. As the parent pointed out, Melbourne is particularly diverse, with 30% of the population not born in Australia. I presume they are referring to focussing on skills based migration schemes vs humanitarian. As someone pointed out below, Australia's policies towards political and humanitarian refugees have many critics. [1] http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/4102.0main+features102014 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/4102.0main+fe... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia#Migration_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia#Migra...