SETTLER ARRIVALS BY REGION OF BIRTH AND ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY
September Qtr 1991
Eligibility Category
REGION OF BIRTH
Family
Skill
Human-
itarian
Special
Prefer- Conces- ENS Business Indep
Refugee Visaed
NZ
Other
Total
ential sional
endent
& SHP
Citizen
(b)
(a)
OCEANIA
339
184
15
6
146
1
10
1,587
74
2,372
EUROPE & THE USSR
UK & Ireland
1,003
824
394
94
1,820
35
99
67
4,356
Southern Europe
371
411 34
2
246
70
4
1
32
1,181
Western Europe
159
56 49
10
Northern Europe
56
11
10
133
179
9
28
502
13
55
1
6
175
Eastern Europe, the USSR
& the Baltic States
275
616
25
398
59
4
1
1
1,381
TOTAL
1,864
1,918
512
119 2,698
129
51
111
134
7,595
THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTHERN AFRICA
Middle East
476
263
41
7
291
332
4
1
21
1,442
Northern Africa
73
180
1
16
44
2
-
318
TOTAL
549
443
42
23
335
334
21
1,760
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3,449
1,313 134
288 655
497
3
27
33
6,430
NORTHEAST ASIA
639
1,191
449
1,826 3,053
31
2
8
6
7,245
SOUTHERN ASIA
384
712
81
24 1.584
577
1 6
6
3,386
NORTHERN AMERICA
320
66 114
14 207
14
7
72 836
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA
& THE CARIBBEAN
131
251 21
227
611
4
1,251
AFRICA (excl Nth Africa)
146
230 42
18
228
62
2
3
10
742
Not Stated
1
8
2
11
TOTAL
7,821
6,309 1,410 2,318 9,141 2,244
87 1,750
360 31,628
(a) Includes Distinguished Talent Category
(b) Total includes a small not stated component
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