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  2. Hungarian Australians - Wikipedia

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    Hungarian Australians ( Hungarian: Ausztráliai magyarok) are Australian citizens of Hungarian descent. The constant influx of Hungarian immigrants was marked by several waves. Most of the Hungarian immigrants to Australia came after World War II and after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Hungarian Australians mostly live in state capital cities.

  3. Serious mental illness - Wikipedia

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    Adults with SMI are 25 to 50 percent more likely to experience homelessness compared to the general population. One predictor of homelessness is poor therapeutic alliance with case managers. Adults with SMI often lack social support from family, friends and the community, which can put them at risk for experiencing homelessness.

  4. Alex Hawke - Wikipedia

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    Alex Hawke. Alexander George Hawke (born 9 July 1977) is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs from 2020 to 2022 in the Morrison government. Hawke has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitchell since 2007, representing the Liberal Party .

  5. Migration Act 1958 - Wikipedia

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    Alick Downer. Status: Current legislation. The Migration Act 1958 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that governs immigration to Australia. [2] It set up Australia’s universal visa system (or entry permits). Its long title is "An Act relating to the entry into, and presence in, Australia of aliens, and the departure or deportation ...

  6. Immigration history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The immigration history of Australia began with the initial human migration to the continent around 80,000 years ago [1] when the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea. [2] From the early 17th century onwards, the continent experienced the first coastal landings ...

  7. Pacific Solution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Pacific Solution is the name given to the government of Australia 's policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. Initially implemented from 2001 to 2007, it had bipartisan support from the Coalition and Labor opposition ...

  8. Crime in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Crime rates. In comparison to other English-speaking countries, such as New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, Australia in 2020 had an overall crime rate of 0.87 per 100,000 people, while the overall crime rate in North America was higher, with 2.1 per 100,000 in Canada and 6.5 per 100,000 in the United States.

  9. Australian immigration detention facilities - Wikipedia

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    Northern IDC, Darwin, 2010. Immigration detention centres detain people who have overstayed their visa, breached their visa conditions and had their visa cancelled or have been refused entry at Australia's entry ports. [7] This includes irregular maritime arrivals claiming asylum without passports, identity papers or valid entry visas.