Editing Immigration to Australia (section)

=== Post-war immigration to Australia ===
{{Main|Post-war immigration to Australia|New Australians}}
[[File:Dutch Migrant 1954 MariaScholte=50000thToAustraliaPostWW2.jpg|thumb|In 1954 the 50,000th [[Dutch Australian|Dutch migrant]] arrived in Australia.]]

After [[World War II]], Australia launched a massive [[Post war immigration to Australia|immigration program]], believing that having narrowly avoided a Japanese invasion, Australia must "populate or perish". Hundreds of thousands of displaced Europeans migrated to Australia and over 1,000,000 British subjects immigrated under the [[Assisted Passage Migration Scheme]], colloquially becoming known as [[Ten Pound Poms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200711/programs/ZY8804A001D1112007T203000.htm|title=Ten Pound Poms|date=1 November 2007|work=[[ABC Television (Australia)]]|access-date=14 June 2009|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402195744/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200711/programs/ZY8804A001D1112007T203000.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>  The scheme initially targeted citizens of all Commonwealth countries; after the war it gradually extended to other countries such as the Netherlands and Italy. The qualifications were straightforward: migrants needed to be in sound health and under the age of 45 years. There were initially no skill restrictions, although under the [[White Australia Policy]], people from mixed-race backgrounds found it very difficult to take advantage of the scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/discoverycentre/your-questions/ten-pound-poms/|title=Ten Pound Poms|date=10 May 2009|work=[[Museum Victoria]]|access-date=14 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117183339/http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/discoverycentre/your-questions/ten-pound-poms/|archive-date=17 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1973, [[Multiculturalism in Australia|multiculturalism]] largely displaced cultural selectivity in [[immigration policy]].

Net overseas migration reached a record level of 536,000 in 2022–23,<ref name="news.com.au-migration"/> up from 170,900 in 2021–22.<ref>{{cite news |title=Overseas Migration |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/overseas-migration/2021-22-financial-year |work=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |date=16 December 2022}}</ref> Overall migration was 739,000 in 2022-23.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Frank |title=Australia adds 446,000 net overseas migrants in 2023–24 |url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/australia-adds-446000-net-overseas-migrants-in-202324/news-story/78467999ae09bd21b58ab1721ccfd7e8 |work=News.com.au |date=13 December 2024}}</ref>

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!Period!!Migration programme<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/02key |title=Fact sheet - Key facts about immigration |access-date=18 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912192513/http://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/02key |archive-date=12 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/1011/AustMigration|title=Australia's Migration Program|publisher=Parliament of Australia|website=www.aph.gov.au|access-date=13 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134026/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/1011/AustMigration|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 1998–99 || 68 000
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| 1999–00 || 70 000 {{increase}} 
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| 2000–01 || 76 000 {{increase}}
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| 2001–02 || 85 000 {{increase}}
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| 2002–03 || 108,070 {{increase}}
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| 2003–2004 || 114,360 {{increase}}
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| 2004–2005 || 120,060 {{increase}}
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| 2005 || 142,933 {{increase}}
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| 2006 || 148,200 {{increase}}
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| 2007 || 158,630 {{increase}}
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| 2008 || 171,318 {{increase}}
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| 2011 || 185,000 {{increase}}
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| 2012 || 190,000 {{increase}}
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| 2013 || 190,000<ref>https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/report-migration-programme-2013-14.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/visa-statistics/live/migration-program {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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| 2015-2016 || 190,000<ref>https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/2015-16-migration-programme-report.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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| 2016-2017 || 190,000<ref>https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/report-on-migration-program-2016-17.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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| 2017-2018 || 190,000<ref>https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/report-migration-program-2017-18.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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| 2018-2019 || 190,000<ref>https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/report-migration-program-2018-19.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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| 2023-2024 || 190,000<ref>https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/migration-program-planning-levels#:~:text=In%20the%202024%E2%80%9325%20Migration,21%20and%202021%E2%80%9322%20respectively. {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
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