Canadian and Australian immigration surged after racial entry bans were abolished

Evidence

Canadian intakes grew from 89,000 in 1983 to a peak of 255,000 in 1993, and then fell to 212,000 in 1995. Australia’s permanent immigration level fluctuated according to economic conditions, rising from 70,000 in 1983 to 145,000 in 1989, then declining to 70,000 again in the recession year of 1994, before starting to increase again. The main feature was the change in areas of origin, following the removal of racial discrimination in entry policy in the 1970s. Increasing shares of immigrants to Australia came from Asia; and to Canada from Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America (OECD, 1997). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3869

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the 1965 US Immigration Act and post-1965 migration shifts discussed in other chapters of this companion volume.