Comments on: Student numbers decline: India drops by nearly 50 per cent http://thumbrella.com.au/student-numbers-decline-india-drops-by-nearly-50-per-cent-6088 Everything under the travel & hospitality umbrella Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Macca http://thumbrella.com.au/student-numbers-decline-india-drops-by-nearly-50-per-cent-6088#comment-1773 Macca Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:56:22 +0000 http://thumbrella.com.au/?p=6088#comment-1773 When Indian students pay to come here they get the short end of the stick. They can only afford accommodation in the poorer suburbs where crime rates are high and they can only manage jobs late at night because of their study. In the 12 months to June 2006, 1082 attacks on Indians in Victoria were reported to police - an assault rate of 1700 in every 100,000. A study in 2009 found many assaults go unreported to police as a fear of a victims parent demand them to return home. One report show Indians living in Victoria are 2 1/2 times more likely than non-Indians to be beaten up or knifed. Why ? The most contentious theory - the one that has caused such damage to Australian - Indian relations is that Indian students are targeted by "Romper Stomer" style teenage thugs looking to reassert control over suburbs newly populated by Sikhs and Hindus; an atavistic and violent response by racists sick of Indians working in every service station, every pub, every cab they frequent. Another theory is that Indian students are "soft targets", "walking ATM's" carrying laptops, mobile phones, iPods and jewellery as they travel public transport between university, late night work shifts and onto home in the poorer suburbs. Others argue the Indian Government and media are whipping up a storm because they are angry that Australia refused to sell uranium to Indian The need now is to develop a public safety plan applicable to everyone. There should also be a focus on the international students related to work place exploitation. The only way to gain the confidence of students and strengthen international ties is to act, not to blame. When Indian students pay to come here they get the short end of the stick. They can only afford accommodation in the poorer suburbs where crime rates are high and they can only manage jobs late at night because of their study.

In the 12 months to June 2006, 1082 attacks on Indians in Victoria were reported to police – an assault rate of 1700 in every 100,000. A study in 2009 found many assaults go unreported to police as a fear of a victims parent demand them to return home.

One report show Indians living in Victoria are 2 1/2 times more likely than non-Indians to be beaten up or knifed. Why ? The most contentious theory – the one that has caused such damage to Australian – Indian relations is that Indian students are targeted by “Romper Stomer” style teenage thugs looking to reassert control over suburbs newly populated by Sikhs and Hindus; an atavistic and violent response by racists sick of Indians working in every service station, every pub, every cab they frequent.

Another theory is that Indian students are “soft targets”, “walking ATM’s” carrying laptops, mobile phones, iPods and jewellery as they travel public transport between university, late night work shifts and onto home in the poorer suburbs.

Others argue the Indian Government and media are whipping up a storm because they are angry that Australia refused to sell uranium to Indian

The need now is to develop a public safety plan applicable to everyone. There should also be a focus on the international students related to work place exploitation. The only way to gain the confidence of students and strengthen international ties is to act, not to blame.

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