White Australia Immigration Policy
March 29th, 2011
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Which of the following does not characterize Australia and New Zealand's immigration policies today?
a. preference for white Britishers
b. preference for West Europeans and white Anglo-Americans
c. preference for nonwhites with special skills
d. preference for nonwhites of Asian extraction
This was a question on my girlfriend's Geography quiz that really had me stumped. It asks which does NOT characterize their immigration policies. Is there an obvious answer that I'm missing here?
The correct answer for both countries is:
e. All of the above.
Neither country gives any race or origin based preference to anyone. Visa applicants are accepted purely on the basis of their skills and the need in that country for those skills.
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