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Tuesday 25 October 2016 03:58 PM
Indian arrivals at Auckland Airport tumble as Key heads to New Delhi
By Edwin Mitson
Oct. 25 (BusinessDesk) - Auckland International Airport passenger movements show the number of Indians arriving in the country's main point of entry are declining, just at a time when Prime Minister John Key is trying to sell New Zealand to the world's largest democracy.
The number of arrivals from India fell 5.6 percent to 3,328 in September from the same month a year earlier, and was down 12 percent to 8,572 since Auckland Airport's financial year started in July, airport figures published on the NZX show.
India is the only country in the airport's top 10 to show a decline in arrivals on either measure. In contrast, the number of arrivals from Malaysia more than doubled to 4,118 in September, albeit from a lower base. Arrivals from South Korea and the United States also showed solid growth, up 47 percent to 3,975 and 33 percent to 12,668 respectively in the month of September.
Figures published by Statistics New Zealand on migration last week showed the number of Indians migrating to New Zealand fell 3,000 to 11,100 in the year to Sept. 30. However, the figures for the month of September 2016 showed the total number of arrivals from India increased 19 percent to 3,600 from 3,024 in September 2015.
Growth in the number of Indians coming to New Zealand to study has increased sharply in recent years, but this is now being impacted by rows over the quality of the courses, the seemingly fraudulent use of documents by immigration agents in India and a row over the deportation of Indian students whose documents are invalid.
In the September year, 7,538 of the 25,597 immigrants who arrived in New Zealand on study visas came from India, though that was 30 percent lower than the year earlier.
Prime Minister Key was heckled on the deportation of Indian students as he opened Diwali festivities in Auckland earlier this month. He's expected to face questions on the issue from Indian media during his visit, which has been shortened due to technical issues with his aircraft that forced him to overnight in Australia, with the Mumbai leg of his visit scrapped.
Shares of Auckland Airport rose 0.8 percent to $6.875, and have gained 1 percent this year.
(BusinessDesk)
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