European and English-speaking migrants are more likely to back immigration cuts as they fear Australia is losing its cultural identity.
Migrants from these nations are less likely to support those born in other countries, with 58 per cent agreeing immigration should be cut, a survey by the Australian Population Research Institute has found.
However, two-thirds of Asian migrants favour an increase in migrant numbers and disagree with the idea that Australia's identity is disappearing.
Report authors Dr Bob Birrell and Dr Katharine Betts also found non-graduates are more likely to support the cuts compared to university graduates.
There were 67 per cent of graduates who supported an increase in immigration.
Dr Birrell and Dr Betts told the Herald Sun that second-generation migrants are more skeptical about immigration.
'These migrants have become an important part of a voter base worried about immigration,' they said.
However the survey also found that 58 per cent of Australian-born individuals agreed Australia was in danger of losing its identity and 47 per cent of voters supported 'a partial ban' on Muslim immigration. [Daily Mail Australia] Read more
