good to see an underfunded community group doing something positive….now we wait for the government to get off their arse.

Oz study says overseas students fear for safety in Melbourne

MELBOURNE: A majority of overseas students, including Indians, in Melbourne often fear for their safety because of risky jobs, poor transport options and lack of safe affordable housing, with many of them also attaching racial or religious element to the perceived threats, says a new study.

Of the 515 international students surveyed by the Victorian University, 403 reported perceived threats to their safety and half of them felt the threats were motivated by racial, religious or cultural factors.

The study found that a complex range of factors contributed to the safety threats, including lack of access to safe affordable houses, high risk employment and poor transport options. It also found offenders were often identified as groups of young alienated men.

‘The Community Safety of International Students in Melbourne’, a scoping study conducted by the Victorian University following the increasing incidents of violence against international students, was commissioned between June and November last year and included an online survey of 1013 students, 515 of whom were international.

The study also included interviews with key stakeholders, such as Victoria Police.

The study has come out with a number of recommendations, including setting up an information hotline, better access to safer transport and better information for new international students.

Good to see someone has thought to ask the students for their views. Pity the media and politicians didn’t bother to do the same before deciding we’re all racists.

Oh good golly gosh this is not correct.
Oh deary me please don’t listen as I will not get any more publicity.

Having our open door immigration policy – this is what happens, you import filthy middle eatern sub-human sewerage like Sam Aziz into this once great land.

So nice to see that they give you the stats on international students who have experienced racism, yet have not given a baseline comparison of that encountered by domestic students. Maybe it’s something we just don’t talk about here because it’s drummed into us from such young age that multiculturalism is so good – and mostly it is. As an Anglo-Saxon Australian though, even I have experienced racism. I’ve been called “whitey” and physically bullied by a group of Koories at school, continuously excluded at uni by a group of Chinese students (with whom I attempted to interact for a group project) and then there are the instances of cat cries from a minority of Muslim men telling even the most tastefully dressed women to put some more clothes on (and these are just a few examples of many). That being said, I’ve also witnessed a man at uni go up to a group of people speaking Bahasa Indonesia and say “you’re not in China anymore so speak English”.
My point : the above examples cross a range of races/cultures and at every one of these instances, other people have commented on the lack of racial or cultural tolerance displayed. I’d guess if you ask ANY Australian student if they’ve experienced racism in some form and they’ll say yes, if they think it’s acceptable or engaged in by the majority, you’ll get a no.

Neither VASON AGENT or GAUTAM FISA represent the view of entire INDIAN community of Victoria. Their views should NOT be treated as views of entire INDIAN community of Victoria.

VASON AGENT and GAUTAM FISA please stop commenting on behalf of whole INDIAN community – Your views are your individual views, PLEASE STOP distressing INDIAN community of Victoria by claiming your views as that of ENTIRE INDIAN community.

The Indian community is getting distressed because of reckless statements by VASIN AGENTNIVASIN and GAUTAM FISA… You both can be compared to Sheikh Hilali… Nothing else.

For few years, we had the Labor Premier John Brumby and his Police Commissioner in denial over violence in our streets, in particular violence targeted against Victorians of Indian background or Indians living in Victoria.

The huge swing against the State Labor Government in the Altona by-election was a tribute to Ted Baillieu’s honesty and courage and readiness to speak the truth in the face of terrible obfuscation by the State Labor Government.

Thank you ALTONA voters for showing your support to Ted Baillieu, and the Indian community.

I sincerely hope John Brumby and VASIN AGENTASIN gather the strength to speak out truth.

Mr Gupta’s wife, Anu, works at a private college and he runs an illegal rooming house….mmm, me smells a hypocrite.

Its GAUTAM FISA and not anything else… Gautam has got a new title.

Gautam Guantanomo Bay Fisa

DONT involve the family of GAUTAM FISA in this – The family should not be targetted.

VASIN the AGENT A SIN – Now joining ALP…

Gee we are a racist lot in Vexnews (or is that The Labor Party?)

Gee we are a race body in the ALP (Vex censored everything else!)

VASIN AGENT A SIN and GAUTAM FISA are co related – VA SIN was given a job of 100 K by GAUTAM FISA in Swinburne Uni Students Union with a CAR – They are together in this conspiracy.

FIAV conducting a survey. Can you please give us a date or who was conducting it.

I thought FIAV was busy transfering students from college to other. and get 30 % commision on fees.

of course VASAN eats it.

Survey my A R S E .

Do you think we are so dumb to beleive you.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/racist-victorian-police-target-africans-says-springvale-monash-legal-service/story-e6frf7jo-1225841077601 Va.. sin..

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/racial-vilification-claims-hit-thomson-cricket-team-after-match-against-waurn-ponds-near-geelong/story-e6frf7kx-1225841182733

Why do so many migrants hate Australia? Why are they also so racist? This is a great land my multicultural friends, embrace it, dont hate it!