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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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. 

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