Transit Lounge = New Zealand
If you want to get into Australia and fry for the rest of your life then head to the transit lounge that is New Zealand.
New Zealand has been described by UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne as “a giant transit lounge”, with South Africans leading the charge across the Tasman.
Figures from the Labour Department, issued under the Official Information Act, show that nearly 20 per cent of the 37,000 New Zealanders who declared they were intending to remain in Australia either permanently or for at least a year were born outside New Zealand.
In 2003, 4187 citizens born outside New Zealand moved to Australia. By last year that figure had climbed to 7159 people.
The country of origin with the most departures was South Africa with 871, followed by India (696) and England (678).
Posted on: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 8:33 am 
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