Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended Australia's intake of migrants, after revelations a record 400,000 new people will enter the country this year. 9News
Albanese said in pre-COVID times, students would leave at the end of their degrees and be replaced by new students."Normally, there would be 60,000 coming and 60,000 going," he said.
"The migration to Australia is still, bear in mind, much lower than it would have been and was predicted by the former government."He rejected the opposition's accusation that he was building a "big Australia by stealth". Anthony Albanese said net migration numbers were high because of few international students graduating and going home after the pandemic."Is what they're saying - that we shouldn't have students coming here?"There were a million people in the queue for visas."
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