“…Although Australian attitudes toward multiculturalism and migrants are generally positive (Scanlon Foundation Research Institute, 2022), racism and discrimination in Australia have taken many forms such as violence against South Asian students, Islamophobia, criminalization of African Australians, and inhumane policies toward asylum seekers (Ben et al, 2023), all of which can have deleterious effects on migrants' mental health. Dandy and Pe-Pua (2010) found a social preference hierarchy among Anglo-Australians in Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, such that British and New Zealanders were the most liked ethnocultural groups and Arabs, Muslims, and Lebanese were the least liked groups.…”