The latest statistics indicate 250,794 overseas students enrolled in Australian universities an overall increase of almost three per cent on 2005, Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Although overseas students are continuing to come to Australia in increasing numbers, growth in foreign enrolments has slowed from 18 per cent in 2002 to nine per cent in 2004 and now stands at just 4.7 per cent.
Almost half of the foreign students in Australia are doing postgraduate courses.
Despite the slower growth in foreign students, it was still far higher than growth in domestic student numbers, which rose by 2.2 per cent from 2005 to 2006.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Another tragic death in a family, but this one was not widely published by the Australian media(This incident occured about a month back).
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/10/1191695968357.html
International students must be careful in choosing Australia as a study destination. Hate crimes are on the rise in Australia. Recently another student was attacked in Melbourne.
Also Australia’s immigration minister Kevin Andrews is inciting hatred against immigrants from Asia, Middle East and Africa.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22564133-5005961,00.html
Canada,US,UK, New Zealand and Ireland may be a good alternative for International students, as governments in these countries do not incite hate crimes. For Asian(and other) students Japan, South Korea and Singapore could be an alternative study option as these countries are increasing looking for International students.
May 18th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
That incident actually was publicitised in the Australian media quite a lot. I heard about it and read about it many times in the same day. (I live in Australia)
And what is one incident out of 250,000 unincidental cases? Have you looked at the incidency rate for Japan or those other countries you mentioned?
As for the ‘inclining hatred’, people read things differently. I didn’t read it as though he was showing hatred at all.