Migration Trends & Outlook 2008/09

APPENDIX O

NUMBER OF PEOPLE GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCE THROUGH THE UNCAPPED FAMILY SPONSORED STREAM BY SOURCE COUNTRY
Source country	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
TOTAL	9,296	9,459	8,946
China	1,030	1,293	1,443
United Kingdom	1,771	1,541	1,304
Samoa	582	816	771
India	847	712	598
Fiji	492	521	492
Philippines	267	378	399
United States	467	484	380
Tonga	278	307	273
Thailand	273	281	252
South Africa	221	228	229
Japan	311	220	200
South Korea	281	202	163
Cambodia	125	162	162
Canada	200	165	151
Germany	201	176	147
Vietnam	63	80	132
Ireland	134	108	127
Russia	84	110	123
Brazil	105	104	112
Malaysia	125	128	103
Indonesia	62	68	67
Sri Lanka	57	54	64
Netherlands	86	61	62
Pakistan	44	64	62
Taiwan	72	73	59
France	69	76	57
Hong Kong	53	40	56
Iraq	21	32	54
Czech Republic	31	36	40
Afghanistan	20	27	36
Bangladesh	29	13	34
Sweden	46	37	34
Poland	28	34	32
Ethiopia	31	22	31
Italy	40	28	30
Chile	37	48	29
Iran	18	14	28
Argentina	27	23	26
Switzerland	39	28	25
Kiribati	16	17	24
Tuvalu	19	22	24
Ukraine	18	30	24
Colombia	14	15	23
Other	562	581	464

Source: Department of Labour