Attacks on Indians are isolated incidents: Australian envoy

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 13(PTI) Australian High
Commissioner to India Peter N Varghese said the attacks on
Indians in Australia need to be seen only as 'isolated
incidents'.
There has been a steady increase in the number of people
coming to Australia in search of jobs in the guise of students
who sometimes found themselves under pressure and the problems
they run into could not be dubbed as racial attacks, Varghese
told reporters at a function here on Friday night.
To avoid such situations, steps to reform emigration
rules have been taken, which would open up opportunities for
skilled workers who would not be facing any problems in
getting proper jobs, he said.
Indians have a significant place among the
expatriate community in Australia, Varghese, whose parents
hail from India's southern state Kerala, said on his first
visit to the state after taking over as Australian envoy to
India.
For Australia, India has been a major source of skilled
workers and the emigration rules would enhance opportunities
for Indian skilled workforce, he said.
He said a large number of Indian students come in
Australia every year and also the Indian tourists visiting the
country had been on the increase.
The High Commissioner later visited the state's IT base
Technopark and expressed keen interest in exploring business
co-operation between the two countries. PTI