Almost 30 per cent of the Australian population was born overseas

NEWS: Close to one million migrants from a single country are living in Australia - but it's not a country some politicians would have you focus on.

Image of British migrants on Bondi Beach — ออสเตรเลีย จำนวนของผู้ย้ายถิ่นฐานจากประเทศอังกฤษได้ลดลงจากยอดสูงสุดในอดีตที่กว่าหนึ่งล้านคน Source: Getty Images

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Published 4 April 2019 10:51am

Updated 4 April 2019 6:25pm

By SBS News

Presented by Tanu Attajarusit

Source: Getty Images, Australian Bureau of Statistics

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If you believed recent comments that people from "Asia with PHDs" are coming to steal Australian jobs, you'd probably very surprised to discover the latest data actually reveals most migrants living in Australia were actually born in England.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.

Almost 30 per cent of the Australian population was born overseas

NEWS: Close to one million migrants from a single country are living in Australia - but it's not a country some politicians would have you focus on.

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