There are three main effects of the immigrations:
- Reduction of Job Opportunities
The influx of immigration in the 1990s were not followed by the increase in business establishments. This make people need to face harder competition in finding jobs.
- Racial tension
Many locals at that time blamed the immigrants for 'stealing' the available jobs, which create racial tension between different group demographics.
- Assimilation
Despite those who involved in conflicts, large portion of local people and immigrants actually decided to got along with one another. This lead to the combination of two different cultures or more and formed a single unique culture.