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A new survey shows more than 80 per cent of Asian-Australians experienced an instance of discrimination this year during the pandemic.


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By Stephanie Corsetti, Biwa Kwan, Stergos Kastelloriou

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A new survey shows more than 80 per cent of Asian-Australians experienced an instance of discrimination this year during the pandemic.


An Australian National University survey of three thousand people shows most participants with Asian ancestry faced one instance of discrimination between January and October this year.

Study co-author Professor Nicholas Biddle from the ANU Centre for Social Research Methods says the discrimination tended to happened in public places such in queues at shops. 

The Australian National University study shows although social cohesion has improved in 2020, support for migration has slightly dropped.


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