Indians Account for Highest Proportion of Australian Beach Drownings

Indians Account for Highest Proportion of Australian Beach Drownings
Residents swim at Coogee Beach in Sydney on April 20, 2020. Saeed Khan/Getty Images
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A study has found migrants make up nearly half of drownings on Australian beaches in the past 17 years, with Indians accounting for the highest number between 2009-2019.

In the first multicultural examination of beach safety among a particular community, the University of New South Wales’s (UNSW) Sydney Beach Safety Research Group found that migrants from South Australia were receiving inadequate information about beach safety.

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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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