Eighty Nine Percent of Immigrants Happy After 1 Year in NZ

JCM

There's an interesting story in Stuff today entitled "One in five immigrants experience discrimination." The results are from a NZIS survey. The newspaper, typically, highlights the worst interpretation of the survey. I've given the thread a more optimistic title. Nice One

The main survey findings, according to Stuff, are:

One in ten said they experienced discrimination when applying for jobs, and seven per cent felt discriminated against at work.

The problem was worst among immigrants from South Asia and South East Asia. One in five of these had experienced discrimination when looking for work and 15 per cent felt discriminated against at work, 18 months after gaining residency.

One in five migrants felt discriminated against in some way, with the most common area being employment. The next most common area was shopping, followed by finding accommodation.

Eighty three per cent were either satisfied or very satisfied with their new life after six months, a figure that rose to 89 per cent a year later.

"Findings from the pilot survey show that migrants, and the family members who came to New Zealand with them, were generally very well settled here," the report says.

"In very few instances are we talking extreme racism or discrimination. There were very few instances where people were assaulted, either verbally or physically."

However, there were several occasions where migrants and refugees felt they were treated less well than other New Zealanders, for example, when they were shopping.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2879872a11,00.html