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The Australian federal government has announced that it will lift the intake of refugees from the Middle East. But this will result in a dramatic decrease in refugees from AfricaImmigration Minister Kevin Andrews has outlined changes to Australia’s intake of refugees. Australia takes about 13,000 refugees each year, and that number will not change. What will shift are the locations that refugees come from. In recent years approximately 70 percent of refugees being accepted into Australia have come from Africa. But now this number will drop and there will be a more even balance in the intake between people from Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The change is partly a response to the needs of Iraqi Christians who have fled the war in their home country. The increase in the intake in Asia is likely to come from Burmese and Bhutanese refugees. Useful article? Share it with others Share on Facebook | Add to Del.icio.us | |
