Long-term migrant arrivals hit record high in April

Monday 18 June 2018

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released visitor arrivals and departures data for the month of April, which again posted turbo-charged net annual permanent and long-term arrivals.

In the year to April 2018, there were 800,240 permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia – up 4% from April 2017 and an all-time high. This was partly offset by 526,850 permanent and long-term departures from Australia – also a record high:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.