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Well, to be honest, those kind of people exist in all communities and groups. Replace "immigrants" with almost any group of people, and it'd be the same. I'd be careful about dismissing the victim mentality. Your immigrant grandparents likely had it easier due to their European appearance, but...

I assumed from your tone that you did not see immigrants in the best of light. The "suck it up, nancy" advice you offered is actually already being followed by most immigrants (in fact, it's the blueprint for most economic migrants in Australia). If anything, that advice would be better...

I'm not sure where you're getting this idea of the "lazy immigrant" from. If anything, most immigrants actually work much harder than the local populace - they have to, if they want to survive. As for whinging...do you mean locals who whinge about immigrants stealing their jobs and working...

I do agree it's important for migrants and expats to integrate into the local wildlife by taking classes, joining clubs, etc. But it can be hard, particularly for non-Westerners, especially since they'll be clearly marked as 'outsiders'. It even works the other way. Go to Thailand, Japan and...

To be honest, I doubt that someone 30+ could go to a foreign country and within a few years, become "perfect" at the language. Unless that person already spoke a similar language (ie. French), and had already learnt English from a young age, or was some sort of genius. It's otherwise...

To be honest I don't think it's possible for any first generation migrant to learn English well. Maybe if you're from France or Spain it might be easier, but try going to another country at the age of 30 and learn a whole new language from an entirely different family.

Leanne, it sounds like you want to implement apartheid... On a related note, I always find that the whole "But other countries are worse!" excuse a little unconvincing. Yeah, other countries are worse when it comes to racism, and Australia is actually very liberal and open-minded. But that...