Immigration moves back into positive

Wednesday 14 July 2021

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for May 2021, which confirmed that net migration into Australia has moved back into positive.

There were a net 3,480 permanent & long-term arrivals in May, which followed April’s 270 net arrivals:

Net long-term arrivals turn positive.

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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.