24 Mar 2021

Illegal workers propping up construction sectors - Immigration

From Checkpoint, 5:41 pm on 24 March 2021

Whole sectors of the construction industry are being propped up by illegal exploited foreign workers according to Immigration New Zealand.

Ten Chinese nationals are being deported after they were found to be unlawfully in NZ and working on an Auckland building site.

They were taken into police custody after a spot check of the site revealed they had overstayed by up to more than three years.

Deputy head of Immigration Stephen Vaughan told Lisa Owen it's a case of bad behaviour from the construction company.