A surge of international students and temporary workers pushed net arrivals into the country to a record of 548,000 in the year to September 2023. The PM said that is expected to fall to 250,000 in the next financial year. Abul Rizvi, a former deputy secretary at the Immigration Department, said net overseas migration would not fall fast enough to reach the government’s forecast 375,000 for the current financial year. He expects it to be well above 400,000. “The government is likely to announce further tightening in May budget to try to get to net overseas migration of 250,000 in...