Integration & multiculturalism

Integration, assimilation, multiculturalism or melting pot?*

It is common to hear educators, politicians and other people in Australia using the terms “integration”, “assimilation”, “multiculturalism” or “melting pot” when discussing how migrants or refugees should be best settled into their new country.

“Integration” may be described as the belief that migrants and refugees should endeavour to fit into Australian society by accepting the major values and structures of our Australian democratic soc…

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