21 Apr 2020

Covid 19: global mobility and immigration

From Nine To Noon, 11:27 am on 21 April 2020
Airport arrivals board showing New Zealand and Pacific countries

Photo: RNZ/Sara Vui-Talitu

Covid 19 is having a massive impact on global mobility as people the world stay home. Statistics New Zealand data suggests that 2019 saw the largest net migration gain in New Zealand ever.

But 2020 looks like it will be the polar opposite.

What are the implications? Massey University  demographer Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley.