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Page 84
... opportunities to learn or practise the local language and can become very iso- lated . In Australia , for example , data from the 1981 Census showed that there were much higher proportions of women than men who did not speak English ...
... opportunities to learn or practise the local language and can become very iso- lated . In Australia , for example , data from the 1981 Census showed that there were much higher proportions of women than men who did not speak English ...
Page 161
... opportunities for manual intervention have been reduced . Nimble fingers are no longer in such high demand . A third reason is that multinationals now have greater incentives and opportunities to keep manufacturing close to their ...
... opportunities for manual intervention have been reduced . Nimble fingers are no longer in such high demand . A third reason is that multinationals now have greater incentives and opportunities to keep manufacturing close to their ...
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... opportunities are less attractive in the United Kingdom , but it has also been suggested that the weather there is discouraging and that anyone educated enough to work their way through the byzantine bureau- cratic procedure would ...
... opportunities are less attractive in the United Kingdom , but it has also been suggested that the weather there is discouraging and that anyone educated enough to work their way through the byzantine bureau- cratic procedure would ...
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20 per cent abroad Africa America Arab areas Argentina arrivals Asia Asian asylum Australia Bangladesh Belgium border British CALIFORNIA Canada Caribbean Census Chinese citizens coun cultural developing countries domestic workers earn economic emigration employers employment estimated ethnic European countries example Federal Republic Figure flows foreign-born France Government groups higher Hispanic Hong Kong illegal immigrants immi immigrant workers increase Indian industrialized countries investment Italy Japan Japanese jus sanguinis jus soli Koreans labour force language large numbers largest numbers levels major Malaysia Mexican Mexico Middle East million Muslim native Netherlands overseas particularly Philippines plantations population proportion receiving countries recent recruitment refugees relatively remittances Republic of Germany Republic of Korea SAN DIEGO sending countries shortages skilled SOPEMI/OECD Source South Africa Soviet Union Spain Stanton Russell Taiwan Taiwan China tend tion unemployed United Kingdom unskilled visas wages Western Europe women