More migrants arrived to settle in Australia last year than in any year since the 1980s as immigration levels soared to historic highs.

The Bureau of Statistics reported that 128,740 settlers arrived at our airports in 2005, 10 per cent more than in 2004 and the third year in a row of double-digit growth in arrivals.

The British led the way, with 21,780 of them leaving last year to settle here. The number of British settlers arriving has more than doubled in just three years, with a 30 per cent rise last year alone.

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