@_sebodemacho said:
Good information here... Certain realities of living in Oz.
Dunno the local situation, but this does gives us a glimpse at least at the extremes since news agencies will always shows the extremes of the situation to make it “newsworthy”, and they didn’t hide it. They even said that the family who moved on the outskirts of Sydney that it was an extreme example.
The COL crisis interviewed two individuals who recently lost their job, but they didn’t give context as to how they were let go. Is unemployment in the rise? They didn’t mention it in the news docu. Because that’s how these two individuals became part of the “poor”.
The immigrant population part is quite enlightening, I know that nationalism and some semblance of it can survive and proliferate in other countries. Heck, bayanihan efforts is always instilled in Filipinos. Pero I think it would be best to integrate into the community and learn their new culture. Wala namang masama dun, you are choosing to leave your old country and live in this new one. The least you can do is honor their culture. This doesn’t mean na kakalimutan mo na pinanggalingan mo. But rather be mindful.
Not to point to a single instance or race, pero I think the best example of this disregard is the Indian community in Canada when they celebrated Diwali. I’m not in canada and just saw the videos online. This kind of behavior kinda ruins immigrant image in the new country since they are imposing their culture that is very stark in comparison sa pinuntahan nila.
I like the take of the consultant though, that the immigrants bring positive overall economic effect to the community than perceived. So I think since we are “guests”, at first, in their country maybe we should act as one, and I think Filipinos are good at this.
