After moving to Australia from Bulgaria with her husband almost 10 years ago, Sonya Chuhovska is now planning to move back.
"Salaries are lower in Bulgaria … but my husband works in IT and he could maybe get a job from another European Union country and work remotely, so he will get a good salary," she said."I want to start my own business in Bulgaria … it's a developing country so business is kind of booming now." Mr Zhang said that he could continue to run his business from China and for the same income afford a much better quality of life, in part due to lower wages and interest rates.
Ms Xiong came to Melbourne as an international student after the pandemic to escape the high-pressure working conditions in China. "I haven't decided to migrate to Bali permanently, because things like medical and social services are less developed here," she said.According to the ABS, 22,100 permanent visa holders left Australia in 2022-23, the third-highest number in the past decade.