In the past few months, a lot of Indians have been attacked in Australia. The media and the politicians are terming it as racist attacks because people from particularly the Indian race are being attacked.
In recent attacks, Nitin Garg, a 21 year old graduate student was stabbed and killed. A 29 year old man Jaspreet Singh was set on fire by a few locals. He sustained 15 % burns. The investigation in both the cases is on and no one has been convicted yet. The Australian police does not seem to accept these attacks as racist.
Job Crisis
Every year, thousands of young Indians go to Australia for the purpose of studies and once it completes, they start working there. Majority of them also work part time while studying. The Australians see Indians as their job snatchers. They feel that the Indians are eclipsing their job prospects. The international students bring in a big chunk of export income for Australia. The series of attacks on Indian students will result in a severe decline in the tourism industry and arrival of international students in the country. According to the tourism forecasting committee of Australia, this trend will give a severe blow to the country’s economy. These attacks are increasing the tensions between india and Australia.
Indian students in Australia are living in fear. A lot of them are forced to dress up differently and put on makeup to hide their identity. Despite repeated assurances from the Australian government, the attacks don’t seem to stop. In fact, their severity has increased many folds.
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