Background Briefing, ABC radio (mp3)
American security laws based on where a person was born mean some Australians can't work in defence industries in Australia. It's against our laws - but it's like it or lump it...So a government allows people into their country whom their defence department acknowledges will have loyalties first to their country of birth. Strange. And these people are also allowed to vote, outbreed the natives, form political parties, and take jobs in police, government and courts. Strange inconsistency. It seems that a slow takeover, balkanisation, and ethnic conflict, are all OK, so long as you just don't bomb us in the process.
The American regulations assume that no matter what kind of citizenship you have, or how long you have lived away from home, your loyalties are always going to be based on your country of birth...
Lorena Allam: It's a global phenomenon which is making countries nervous about the potential and the politics of these new communities of migrants, or diasporas.
Michael Fullilove: Host countries are becoming increasingly aware and often uncomfortable about the new communities in their midst.
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