The government anticipates a return to pre-pandemic migration levels this year, but given the unpredictability of the global climate, these forecasts may be overly optimistic.
A new estimate from the Centre for Population forecasts a full recovery in migration numbers this year, with an average increase of approximately 235,000 persons every year.
Liz Allen, a demographer at the Australian National University, stated that the migration assumptions were quite optimistic and she was not certain that migration would return to pre-pandemic levels as rapidly as predicted.
