Coronavirus pandemic blamed for lowering migration numbers

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A drop in Australia’s migration numbers this year because of the coronavirus pandemic is creating a raft of economic and social headaches that will elongate our recovery, experts say.

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Published 1 May 2020 6:39pm

By Evan Young, Allan Lee

Presented by Allan Lee

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A drop in Australia’s migration numbers this year because of the coronavirus pandemic is creating a raft of economic and social headaches that will elongate our recovery, experts say.

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