The number of migrants coming to Australia needs to come down, the immigration minister says, but a set multi-year target would not be helpful.

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Tony Burke said the migration intake was continuing to fall and was 40 per cent below its peak in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.

While the Department of Home Affairs has announced plans to commit to a four-year immigration target, Mr Burke said that would not be the right approach.

"What I am concerned about is if you overcommit where you will be at in future years, you miss some of the changed needs of the nation that we have," Mr Burke told ABC's Insiders program on Sunday.

"I never want to

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