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| Subject: More Greeks apply to migrate as their economy collapses Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:33 am | |
| THE number of Greeks fleeing economic despair to settle in Australia on permanent skills and family visas has doubled, immigration data shows.
Reversing a decade-long trend, Greece's financial collapse also prompted 831 Australian residents living in Greece to return to Australia last year.
Stripped of their jobs, lifestyle and their sense of security, Christos Stathakopoulos, his wife, Effie Pantazis, and their daughter Stamatia, 9, moved to Sydney from Athens last April.
Ms Pantazis was born in Australia, but left a decade ago. Her husband had never even visited Sydney before.
In Greece, they once had a combined income of €5000 a month. Mr Stathakopoulos was earning two-thirds of that in a job he had held for 22 years overseeing the cross-border transportation of general and luxury goods.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/more-greeks-apply-to-migrate-as-their-economy-collapses-20120316-1valp.html#ixzz1pMRvXFXE
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