Australia’s net overseas migration will not fully recover until 2024 as the nation faces a “cumulative” loss of more than 600,000 people due largely to the pandemic, an economic thinktank says.
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (Ceda) has released a report calling on the Albanese government to “outline how it intends to address the Covid-19 induced drag on the migration system”, specifically by raising migration and clearing visa processing backlogs.
