Migrant-run businesses more successful, new study finds

New research into Australia's small business sector is challenging the perception that migrants are a drain on the economy. Far from taking up existing jobs, the report predicts migrant-run businesses will create up to 200-thousand new jobs in the next five to 10 years.

Over one hundred thousand coffee lovers descended on Sydney's historic Rocks area for the 2008 Aroma Festival (AAP/Image/Robert McGrath) Source: MCG PHOTOGRAPHIC