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Mauritius Times newspaper article on British immigrants to Australia
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[Underlined heading:] EXTRACT FROM
“MAURITIUS TIMES”
25/9/1964
[Underlined subheading:] British Immigrants to Australia
The British Government is eager to send 30,000 immigrants to Australia in the six months up to December 31. We wonder whether some of our people could not be admitted there on similar conditions as our unemployment problem is much more acute than that of UK. The Mauritian Government could well make an approach to Australia for the purpose.
Even UK knows quite well of our unemployment problem. She could have put our case to the Australian Government. But the trouble with us is the colour of our skin. When colonies ruled by Europeans have to sell their goods, obviously they shut their eyes so that they can’t see the colour of our skin. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada which accept our white emigrants only will not have to wait for long to learn the bitter lesson. The youths of today will not tolerate it.
