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Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08

APPENDIX K: PEOPLE GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN 2007/08 BY NATIONALITY AND STREAM

Table K1 Number of people granted permanent residence by source country and New Zealand Residence Programme stream, 2007/08

Country

New Zealand Residence Programme stream

Total

Skilled/ Business

International/ Humanitarian

Parent Sibling Adult Child

Uncapped Family Sponsored

Afghanistan   53 27 27 107
Albania       1 1
Algeria   6   3 9
American Samoa 1 5 1 2 9
Argentina 39   2 23 64
Armenia   6     6
Australia 6       6
Austria 49   3 15 67
Azerbaijan 5       5
Bahrain 1 1     2
Bangladesh 24 5 7 13 49
Belarus 3 1 6 13 23
Belgium 28 2 1 10 41
Bhutan   150     150
Bolivia   4   2 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina     5 1 6
Botswana 2     2 4
Brazil 113 3 2 104 222
Brunei Darussalam 3       3
Bulgaria 22 6 4 16 48
Burundi   1     1
Cambodia 15 12 122 162 311
Cameroon 1       1
Canada 244 5 22 165 436
Chile 67 3 5 48 123
China 3,506 61 1,209 1,294 6,070
Colombia 19 29 1 15 64
Costa Rica 2       2
Croatia 3   3 5 11
Cyprus 2     1 3
Czech Republic 40 17 2 36 95
Dem. Republic of Congo   25   2 27
Denmark 17     20 37
Djibouti   3     3
Ecuador   2   2 4
Egypt 30 1 10 9 50
El Salvador       2 2
Eritrea   125   5 130
Estonia 4       4
Ethiopia   85 8 22 115
Fiji 1,555 441 526 521 3,043
Finland 11     14 25
France 128   1 76 205
Georgia       6 6
Germany 558 4 16 176 754
Ghana 12     16 28
Great Britain 7,738 78 675 1,541 10,032
Greece     1 3 4
Guatemala 1     1 2
Guinea 1       1
Guyana       1 1
Hong Kong 42 5 46 40 133
Hungary 39 2 1 12 54
Iceland 1     1 2
India 1,526 28 1,027 712 3,293
Indonesia 75 8 16 68 167
Iran 22 66 21 14 123
Iraq 4 140 55 32 231
Ireland 204 9 14 108 335
Israel 23 1 3 13 40
Italy 50   2 28 80
Jamaica 1       1
Japan 180 1 2 220 403
Jordan 17 8 5 12 42
Kazakhstan 2     5 7
Kenya 23   3 14 40
Kiribati 2 129 1 17 149
Kosovo       2 2
Kyrgyzstan 5 4 2 4 15
Laos       7 7
Latvia 3     3 6
Lebanon 10 1 7 7 25
Liberia       3 3
Libya 1     2 3
Liechtenstein 1       1
Lithuania 5     5 10
Macau 1   2 3 6
Macedonia 17   11 9 37
Malawi 7     2 9
Malaysia 508 7 33 128 676
Maldives 8     2 10
Mali   1     1
Malta 8       8
Mauritania   10     10
Mauritius 50 3 2 1 56
Mexico 10     17 27
Moldova 2   2 2 6
Mongolia 3 4   2 9
Morocco 2     9 11
Myanmar 12 219 1 14 246
Namibia 8       8
Nauru 1       1
Nepal 35 8 4 23 70
Netherlands 248 1 17 61 327
Nigeria 40     7 47
Norway 10 1   4 15
Not recorded 40 2   1 43
Pakistan 64 9 10 64 147
Palestine 1 18     19
Panama       1 1
Papua New Guinea 4     8 12
Paraguay 2       2
Peru 7   6 10 23
Philippines 3,259 14 136 378 3,787
Poland 27   9 34 70
Portugal 9 4 3 5 21
Romania 120 1 16 22 159
Russia 130 6 61 110 307
Rwanda   8     8
Samoa 30 1,225 141 816 2,212
Saudi Arabia 7     1 8
Serbia and Montenegro     1 1 2
Seychelles 1       1
Sierra Leone 1 1     2
Singapore 170   3 27 200
Slovakia 13 6   11 30
Slovenia 2     1 3
Solomon Islands 15 2   8 25
Somalia   44   23 67
South Africa 3,562 26 350 228 4,166
South Korea 549 10 89 202 850
Soviet Union 1       1
Spain 8   1 19 28
Sri Lanka 232 27 33 54 346
Stateless   1   1 2
Sudan   32 1 2 35
Suriname       1 1
Sweden 31   6 37 74
Switzerland 40 1 1 28 70
Syria 1 6 2 3 12
Taiwan 64 3 21 73 161
Tajikistan 4       4
Tanzania       2 2
Thailand 81 8 22 281 392
Tonga 70 510 117 307 1,004
Trinidad and Tobago 5     1 6
Tunisia       1 1
Turkey 24 5 3 12 44
Tuvalu   105 9 22 136
Uganda 9 1     10
Ukraine 29 2 20 30 81
United Nations       1 1
United States 784 38 33 484 1,339
Uruguay 44   1 6 51
Uzbekistan 12     10 22
Vanuatu 1     5 6
Venezuela 4     3 7
Vietnam 42 55 71 80 248
Yemen   1   2 3
Yugoslavia 13   6 5 24
Zambia 18 3   6 27
Zimbabwe 317 173 69 45 604
Total 27,303 4,137 5,177 9,460 46,077