Refugee Quota
Amnesty International unimpressed with PM's refugee stance
New Zealand hasn't increased its refugee quota since it was first set at 800 almost thirty years ago, in 1987. Audio
PM ruling out emergency refugee quota for NZ
In July alone, the number of migrants that reached the EU's borders topped 100,000 for the first time Audio
Hard-line measures used to 'trip-up' refugees
Sydney Barrister, Shane Prince is a commercial lawyer who's just won a humanitarian award for his pro bono work for asylum seekers. He says a recent case involving a Chinese asylum-seeker 'tripped up'… Audio
PM corrects himself on refugees
The Prime Minister has corrected himself after wrongly claiming three to four thousand refugees are coming into the country each year. Audio
Prime Minister claims thousands of refugees coming into country
Staying with the Prime Minister and the Government is coming under increasing pressure to boost the refugee quota of 750 a year. Audio
Rohinyga refugee calls on Government to take in more refugees
A Rohingya refugee is calling on the Government to take in more asylum seekers forced to flee violence in their home countries. Audio
Immigration Minister responds to quota criticism
Listening to that was the Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse. Audio
Govt has received scant information about refugee quota
Staying with refugees, and the Government is sticking by its decision not to increase our refugee quota. Audio
Greens criticise Govt for ruling out increase in refugee quota
The Green Party is criticising the Government for ruling out increasing the refugee quota. Audio
Salil Shetty - New Zealand refugee quota
Amnesty International's Secretary General Salil Shetty is calling for New Zealand to double its refugee quota from its current level of 750, which has not been increased in 30-years. Audio
Ideas for 23 June 2013
Wellingtonian Murdoch Stephens this week launched the Doing Our Bit Campaign, aimed at convincing New Zealanders of the need to double our refugee quota from the current 750 to 1500. Murdoch tells… Audio