Claim 1544 migrants arrive daily misuses data: experts | AAP

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• Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks for posting this. The Media Watch transcript is a useful quick summary,

  In fact, there are reliable migration numbers laying about—and what do they show?

  "Over the 12 months to 31 December 2024, NOM [Net Overseas Migration] was estimated at 341,000 – a decrease of 190,000 (36 per cent) …"

  • Email, Department of Home Affairs Spokesperson, 21 August, 2025

  Which paints a somewhat different picture, no?

  And while, yes, the data has been used as an indicator of long-term migration trends, the experts we spoke to assured us that rather than being overwhelmed by migrants in fact, we’re getting fewer:

  "… it is our expectation that net overseas migration will continue to fall when the next round of numbers is published in September …"

  • Email, Peter McDonald, Emeritus Professor of Demography, Australian National University, 22 August, 2025

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  • No1@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    341,000

    So, an average of 934/day.

    Whether it’s 1544 or 934 doesn’t matter to those looking to dog whistle up any rascists.

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    • notgold@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pretty much. Anything over 0 is too many apparently.

      Stopping legal migration will just make the illegal trade bigger and more dangerous.

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