January 12, 2014, The number of people who migrated to Australia in the past year was almost double the number who left, with the fastest increases in immigrants coming from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sudan.
The latest statistic report on migration, which revealed that the number of migrants has increased by 28% in the past decade, with 508,662 people moving to Australia and 264,291 leaving. British people continue to make up the largest portion of Australia’s overseas-born population, followed by New Zealanders, Chinese, Indians and Vietnamese.
However, the number of British immigrants is decreasing overall and the countries with the fastest-growing number of immigrants to Australia, apart from Nepal which had a very small number, to begin with, are India at 12% more per year-on-year average, Pakistan (11.4%), Bangladesh (10.9%) and Sudan (9.2%).
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[eduaid Newsdesk, Source: theguardian]
