Immigration status of Asian Australians after 1960s.

According to the research on the history of Asian immigrants in Australia, in 1960s and 1970s, due to the Vietnam War, the Australian government accepted many Indo-Chinese refugees, including a large number of Vietnamese refugees. Later, some Vietnamese moved to Australia by means of family reunion or family guarantee.

Most of the new immigrants from Chinese mainland are international students who came to Australia to study English in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the late 1980s, Canberra provided 40,000 China students with four-year temporary residence and then permanent residence, enabling them to immigrate their immediate family members to Australia.

In the early 1990s, a large number of immigrants came to Australia from Hong Kong, which was still a British colony at that time, in order to move out of Hong Kong after the return of sovereignty. Statistics from the Bureau of Statistics show that the number of Australian citizens born in Chinese mainland and Hongkong increased sixfold in the 20 years from 198 1 to 200 1.

Most of the new immigrants in the Philippines are women. They often immigrate to Australia after marrying Australian men. The growth rate of Filipino immigrants is the fastest among all Asian immigrants. From 198 1 to 1999, the number of Filipino immigrants has increased eight times.