Contents

-2. List of figures
-1. List of tables
0. Executive summary
1. Migration movements
   1. Permanent and long-term arrivals and departures
   2. Residence approvals
   3. Residence approvals by category
   4. Temporary entry approvals
2. Flows of refugees and asylum seekers
   1. Policy
   2. Asylum seekers
   3. Refugee quota
3. Stock of Overseas-born population
   1. New Zealand's population
   2. Characteristics of overseas-born people
4. Employment status of overseas-born population
   1. Labour force status
   2. Occupations of Skilled Migrant Category principal applicants
   3. Additional research
   4. Conditions of labour market access for foreign students
5. Principal developments in migration policy
   1. Legislation: the Immigration Act 2009
   2. Policy developments
   3. Closer economic partnerships and free trade agreements
6. New Zealand citizenship
   1. General criteria for naturalisation
   2. Recent changes to criteria
   3. Citizen-only restrictions
7. Public opinion on immigration
   1. Recent research
   2. Future research
8. Entrepreneurship
   1. Background
   2. Recent developments
9. Return migration due to the economic crisis
   1. Reduction of labour migration
   2. Permanent and long-term migration
   3. Immigration processing priority for expatriates' partners
   4. Research on migrant mobility
10. Appendix A: People granted permanent residence in 2008/09 by source country and stream
11. Appendix B: Visa-waiver countries
12. References