(MENAFN) Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship stated that the number of Greeks arriving to the country is growing due to the economic crisis in their homeland that pushed jobless rate to around 22 percent in March, reported CNBC.
The department added that between July 2011 and April 30, 2011, 279 Greeks received Australian permanent migrant visas, of which 253 were classified as family visas.
Moreover, in the past year, the largest group of Greek migrants has been between the ages of 22 and 40, according to Peter Jasonides, Victorian Coordinator of the Australian Hellenic Council.
George Katsaromitsos, a Sydney-based Greek migration agent, stated that in the past 2 months, he received around 150 inquiries from Greeks who want to come to Australia, compared with less than 24 in prior months.
It is worth noting that the deteriorating economic situation in Greece is also pushing large numbers of Australian expatriates who previously lived in Greece to return to Australia, with around 800 to 5,000 Australians returning from Greece in 2011.
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