BBC News: “India has become Australia’s largest source of permanent migrants for the first time, with six other Asian nations in the top 10, a report says.
Indian migrants comprised 15.7%, or 29,000, of Australia’s total migrants based on the 2011-12 Migration Programme report. China came in second, with 25,500, and then Britain with 25,275.
Most were skilled professionals, with accountants, cooks and software engineers topping the list.
China was top last year, with the UK top for the two years before that.
Of the almost 185,000 permanent migrants arriving in Australia during the June 2011- June 2012 period, more than 125,000 were from the skilled migrant programme.
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Australia migration 2011-2012
Total: 184,998
India: 29,018
China: 25,509
UK: 25,274
Philippines: 12,933
South Africa: 7,640
Source: Department of Immigration and Citizenship
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Most of the new arrivals came from Asian nations. Aside from India and China, other source countries included the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam.”
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