Anti-racism resources — History Year 10

 

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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