Azijci: novi meteki Australije

The Asian immigration debate has become one of the most contentious topics of debate in Australia. Little about the debate is new and most of the arguments, both in favour and against, begin with demographic considerations, then move on to the economic consequences of immigration and the social and cultural ramifications. Delving deeper into the debate, one will realize that there is an underlying assumption of the economic theory of laissez-faire, which is the driving force of the debate. The new realities of global electronic commerce with laissez-faire economic theory have been transposed onto Australia\u27s immigration policy. The government welcomes the "elite" of the knowledge workers because they are the real generators of wealth. However, the government is also aware that maximizing its benefit out of these immigrants, it must minimize the costs associated with them, such as maintenance cost of their sponsored parents. The analysis, while dispelling the myth of increasing immigration costs, confirmed the urgent need to shift the focus of societal pluralism from an economic one that is rooted in competition and self-interest individualism, to pluralism that is rooted in social organization. This is where society is seen as cooperative units rather than of competing units, that is Asians and non-Asians contributing to Australia as a cooperative group of people. The government promotion of division in society with its archaic politics to instill the \u27metic\u27 status for new immigrants may prove detrimental to its effort to attract elite wealth generator migrants.Rasprava o azijskoj imigraciji postala je jednom od najspornijih tema prepiranja u Australiji. Te rasprave nisu nove i većina argumenata, i za i protiv, započinje demografskim razmatranjima, nastavlja se posljedicama imigracija te prelazi na društvene i kulturne probleme. Zagrebe li se dublje u raspravu, može se doći do spoznaje da se ispod površine nalazi pretpostavka ekonomske teorije laissez-faire koja je pokretačka snaga rasprave. Nove realnosti općeg elektronskog općenja s laissez-faire ekonomskom teorijom prebačene su na australsku useljeničku politiku. Vlada srdačno dočekuje "elitu" stručnjaka jer su oni istinski proizvođači bogatstva. Istovremeno, vlada je svjesna da se povećavanjem koristi od tih useljenika smanjuju troškovi vezani uz njih kao što je, primjerice, izdržavanje njihovih sponzoriranih roditelja. Raspršivši mit o povećanju troškova za useljenike, analiza je potvrdila hitnu potrebu premještanja žarišta općedruštvenog pluralizma od ekonomskoga, ukorijenjenog u natjecanju i sebičnom individualizmu, do pluralizma duboko ukorijenjenog u društvenoj organizaciji. Tu se na društvo prije može gledati kao na jedinice koje međusobno surađuju nego na one koje se natječu među sobom, odnosno Azijci i ne-Azijci daju svoj doprinos Australiji kao kooperativna skupina ljudi. Vladino potpomaganje podjele u društvu njenom arhaičnom politikom usađivanja statusa meteka novim useljenicima može se pokazati štetnim za njene napore da privuče elitne migrante, tvorce blagostanja