Europe's financial crisis continues to be a signficant cause for concern for many of its citizens, with many of them choosing to leave their native countries behind for a better life in Australia where the economy is stable, the job market is expanding and the lifestyle is hard to beat.

According to DIAC, the Irish are leading the charge in permanent and temporary migration to Australia.

As reported by Sky News;

Growing numbers of Europeans are fleeing the euro crisis for a new life in Australia.
In the wake of the global financial downturn and with the euro debt crisis still unfolding, many from Greece, Italy and Ireland are quitting their homeland and heading Down Under.

Figures from the Australian department of immigration show that it is the Irish who are especially keen to move south.

In 2009/10 1,280 Irish citizens were granted temporary working visas. The following year it rose to 2,250 but in the last six months alone the figure is already up to 3,100.

Australia has avoided the global financial crisis because of its huge natural resources like coal and iron ore.

It is the strong economy that persuaded the Corbett family to move from their home in Cork to Sydney last May.

Rory and Mary Corbett, along with their two young children, had enjoyed a holiday to Australia and knew it was somewhere they could happily live.

As skilled workers they have been sponsored by their new employers.

Mrs Corbett said: "Even though my husband had a job, I had a job, it was getting to the stage where there was more money going out than there was coming in.

With a huge grin on her face, Valentina Grande is serving customers in the sunshine at the Papa Giovanni Italian restaurant opposite Sydney's famous Bondi beach.

On a working holiday visa, she told Sky News: "In Italy there isn't work, there isn't money, but here you can find, very easily, a job and get good money and good tips."

"Life is good here," Ms Grande said. "I get paid weekly. In Italy I was paid monthly so if the restaurant didn't make money, you could work for a few weeks and find you don't get paid at the end. Life there is stressful."

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