Australia urged to control immigration following rise in terror threats

One of Australia's most successful businessman Frank Lowy has urged the government to control immigration and its borders following a rise in terror attacks.

Lowy, a Holocaust survivor who founded the 22 billion Australian dollars (16.5 billion U.S. dollar) Westfield shopping empire told NewsCorp that he worried for everyone's safety as most parts of the world have become insecure triggered by Islamic extremism and international terrorist attacks.

"Australia needs immigrants, it has good natural growth, but immigrants at the time the Australian government decides to have them not because there are major disturbances in other parts of the world," Lowy said.

"I worry for everybody, that most parts of the world have become insecure," Lowy said.

Lowry who emigrating to Australia as a 21-year-old acknowledged the scale of the global terror threat adding that no one was immune.

(APD)