Migration Trends 2005/06
Migration Trends 05/06 report - december 2006
Migrant Movement Patterns
One measure of successful settlement and contribution to the country is the extent to which migrants remain in a country in the years following arrival or approval.
Research has shown that some migrants are highly mobile, and for some, settlement in New Zealand is not permanent.
An analysis of migrants’ movement patterns showed that 15 percent of people approved for residence between 1998 and 2004 had been out of New Zealand for six months or more as at December 2005.
The rate of absence for each cohort of migrants increases over time. At the end of December 2005, 24 percent of people approved in 1998 had left New Zealand and been absent for six months or more.