Net migration drops in June but remains historically high

New Zealand's annual net migration dropped in June, as fewer foreigners arrived and more Kiwis left, but remained high.

The annual net migration was established at 65,000 in June, rising from 72,300 in Zeeland. 66,800 foreigners emigrated to New Zealand in June and 1,800 Kiwis left the country.

The number of non-New Zealanders decreased by 1.4% from the previous year to 129,500 compared with 131,400 in the year. until June 2017, the first time the annual figure is less than 130,000 since April 2017, said Stats NZ. The number of non-New Zealanders increased by 9.2 per cent to 64,500.

New Zealand has experienced record migratory migration in recent years, which has made Immigration, a major electoral issue. NZ Stats said today that the departure of migrants continues to be the key factor in reducing the annual net migration and that "net migration remains high by historical standards". "

More and more migrants have obtained a work visa for the last year, up 3 percent to 46,400 from the previous year, from 17 percent to 13,900 and from less than

The United Kingdom remained the largest source of migrants with a work visa, although that number dropped 2.5 percent to 7,300 last year, as did the second and third sources in France and Germany, which fell by 3.7% and 8.3% respectively.) The largest increases in work visa arrivals came from China, which rose by 22.5% to 2%. 300 over the year, and the Philippines, from 19% to 2,500.

China remains the main source of, although this has dropped from 22 percent to 2,700 in the year. China remained the largest on a net basis, with 8,100 net arrivals from China, although this is down 21%. ar compared to the previous year. India was the second largest source with 6,800 people, although Indian net migration also declined 8 percent over the previous year.

Short-term visitor arrivals: tourists, people visiting family and friends, reached 3.8 million in June, up 3.8% from the previous year.