Sequence 4: Australian immigration policy — Migration Program outcomes since 1985
Year |
Migration Program |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Family |
Skill |
Special Eligibility |
Total |
1984–85 |
44 200 |
10 100 |
200 |
54 500 |
1985–86 |
63 400 |
16 200 |
400 |
80 000 |
1986–87 |
72 600 |
28 500 |
600 |
101 700 |
1987–88 |
79 500 |
42 000 |
600 |
122 100 |
1988–89 |
72 700 |
51 200 |
800 |
124 700 |
1989–90 |
66 600 |
52 700 |
900 |
120 200 |
1990–91 |
61 300 |
49 800 |
1 200 |
112 200 |
1991–92 |
55 900 |
41 400 |
1 700 |
98 900 |
1992–93 |
43 500 |
21 300 |
1 400 |
67 900 |
1993–94 |
43 200 |
18 300 |
1 300 |
62 800 |
1994–95 |
44 500 |
30 400 |
1 600 |
76 500 |
1995–96 |
56 700 |
24 100 |
1 700 |
82 500 |
1996–97 |
44 580 |
27 550 |
1 730 |
73 900 |
1997–98 |
31 310 |
34 670 |
1 110 |
67 100 |
1998–99 |
32 040 |
35 000 |
890 |
67 900 |
1999–00 |
32 000 |
35 330 |
2 850 |
70 200 |
2000–01 |
33 470 |
44 730 |
2 420 |
80 610 |
2001–02 |
38 090 |
53 520 |
1 480 |
93 080 |
2002–03 |
40 790 |
66 050 |
1 230 |
108 070 |
2003–04 |
42 230 |
71 240 |
890 |
114 360 |
2004–05 |
41 740 |
77 880 |
450 |
120 060 |
2005–06 |
45 290 |
97 340 |
310 |
142 930 |
2006–07 |
50 080 |
97 920 |
200 |
148 200 |
2007–08 |
49 870 |
108 540 |
220 |
158 630 |
2008–09 |
56 366 |
114 777 |
175 |
171 318 |
2009–10 |
60 254 |
107 868 |
501 |
168 623 |
2010–11 (planned) |
54 550 |
113 850 |
300 |
168 700 |
Sources for table contents:
- Migration Program: DIAC advice supplied to the Parliamentary Library in July 2010 taken from Population flows: immigration aspects, various editions since 1992; Migration Program Statistics web page; Report on Migration Program, 2007–08 to 2009–10; and C Evans (Minister for Immigration and Citizenship), Budget: Migration Program, media release, 11 May 2010 for the planning figures.
- Humanitarian Program: DIAC, Population flows: immigration aspects 2008–09, source data, chapter 4, 2010; and C Bowen (Minister for Immigration and Citizenship), Migration program targeting skills, media release, 27 October 2010.
Source for table and text above: Parliament of Australia website CC-BY-NC-ND 30.0 AU
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