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| May 21, 2012 | New Zealanders' exodus to Australia hits record high | | Wellington (New Zealand): The exodus of New Zealanders
seeking a better life in Australia hit a record high last month, the government
statistics agency announced Monday. In the year to the end of April, New Zealand
had a net loss of migrants to Australia of 39,800, the highest annual figure ever
recorded, according to Statistics New Zealand. The figure was made up of a record
53,500 departures to Australia , offset by 13,700 arrivals from Australia with
New Zealand citizens comprising the majority of migrants in both directions, said
a statement from the agency. Annual outflows to Australia had been at record levels
since the November 2011 year, it said. The previous high of 35,400 was reached
in the December 2008 year. New Zealand had a net loss of 800 migrants overall
last month, following a net loss of 300 in February and a net gain of 200 in March.
New Zealand had a net loss of 4,000 migrants overall in the year ending April,
continuing a series of an annual net losses since the October 2011 year, peaking
at 4,100 in the February 2012 year. There were net gains of migrants from most
other countries, led by the United Kingdom (5,500), India (5,100), China (5,000),
and the Philippines (2,100). Six hundred residents of Christchurch , the South
Island city that has been battered by earthquakes since September 2010, moved
overseas last month, while 400 migrants arrived from overseas to settle in the
city.
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