The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released visitor arrivals and departures data for the month of May, which registered another fall in annual immigration to the lowest level in 9 years.
In the year to May 2016, there were 679,810 permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia – down 5,660 from May 2015 and well down from the record 792,500 arrivals set in the year to January 2013 – partly offset by 412,740 permanent and long-term departures from Australia (see next chart).
