Population gains from immigration fell to an 18-month low in May, as the number of people leaving permanently and long term for Australia rose.The seasonally adjusted net permanent and long term immigration gain had been steadily falling from 1800 in Janu
Population gains from immigration fell to an 18-month low in May, as the number of people leaving permanently and long term for Australia rose.
The seasonally adjusted net permanent and long term immigration gain had been steadily falling from 1800 in January, Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) said today.
In May the net adjusted migration gain was down to 200, the lowest since a brief dip below zero in November 2008.
On an unadjusted basis, permanent and long term departures exceeded arrivals by 1300 in May, down from an inflow of 700 in May 2009, although equal to the average outflow for May months between 2005 and 2008, SNZ said.
The net outflow of 1700 permanent and long term migrants to Australia in May was up from 1200 a year earlier, but still well down from a net outflow of 2800 in May 2008.
For the year to May, 31,000 people left for Australia on a permanent and long term basis, down from 43,800 a year earlier.
There was a net outflow of 400 migrants to Britain last month, compared with a net inflow of 100 in May 2009.
Net migration of 18,000 for the year to May compared with 11,200 in the May 2009 year.
Annual net migration has fallen from a high of 22,600 in the January 2010 year.
The 64,900 permanent and long term departures in the May year were down 16 percent from a year earlier. The 82,800 permanent and long term arrivals were down 7 percent.
