Refugees And Migrants
Confirmation overstayers deported using profiling programme
A profiling programme labelled racist by critics has already been used to deport overstayers deemed to be "high priority", Immigration New Zealand has confirmed.
Deportation modelling 'bringing back the dawn raids'
An Immigration New Zealand pilot programme that profiles overstayers could unfairly target Pasifika people and is being called racist.
Immigration agents caught out over illegal rubber-stamping
Immigration agents have been caught illegally rubber-stamping bulk applications made by unlicenced advisers overseas.
'Illegal rubber-stamping operation' run by former immigration officer
Immigration agents have been caught illegally rubber-stamping bulk applications made by unlicenced advisers overseas. More than a dozen agents, including a former immigration officer, have been hauled… Audio
Immigration names, shames poor-performing education agents
Immigration New Zealand staff turned down more than half the study visa applications from some agents in India, Viet Nam and the Philippines. One Indian agent succeeded with just nine percent of their… Audio
Dutton defends plan to resettle South African farmers in Australia
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has brushed off claims of racism over his plan to resettle "persecuted" white South African farmers in Australia.
Asne Seierstad: Two Sisters into the Syrian Jihad
Asne Seierstad is an accomplished writer, journalist and war correspondent, well known at home in Norway and abroad. She covered the Chechen war, the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the fall of… Audio
The Indian women paying for a NZ education with their freedom
Indian families are marrying their drug-addicted sons to young women and then paying for the women's study in New Zealand as a pathway to residency for their sons. Fearing for her life, one woman… Audio
The Indian women paying for a NZ education with their freedom
Indian families are marrying their drug-addicted sons to young women and then paying for the women's study in New Zealand as a pathway to residency for their sons. Fearing for her life, one woman…
AudioAustralia considers white SA farmer migrants
Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is investigating how to bring white South African farmers to Australia on humanitarian grounds. Earlier this month the South African parliament supported… Audio
White South African farmers 'need help from a civilised country'
Australia's Home Affairs Minister is investigating how to bring white South African farmers to Australia on humanitarian grounds.
Marriages of convenience: woman says husband offered $8000 bribe
A New Zealand woman says her Indian husband offered her an $8000 bribe to keep up a charade after she discovered he'd married her to stay in the country.
Govt may settle refugees in Hawke's Bay to meet labour shortage
The Immigration Minister is open to settling refugees in the Hawke's Bay as growers warn they're unable to fill hundreds of new jobs, meaning this year's harvest might go largely unpicked, as well as… Video, Audio
Some students still left without refunds after Auckland college closure
Some overseas students left in limbo and out of pocket after their school closed down two months ago say they still haven't received any refunds from the Qualifications Authority. Audio
Migrants told to show their Australianness before citizenship
Apparently joining a rotary club is enough to prove you have integrated into Australian life. Audio
A Life Like This
A Life Like This: Critically acclaimed, Cambodian Filmmaker Isiah Tour's animation about his father surviving the Khmer Rouge, extraordinarily, will go back to Cambodia. Video, Audio, Gallery
A Life Like This
A Life Like This: Critically acclaimed, Cambodian Filmmaker Isiah Tour's animation about his father surviving the Khmer Rouge, extraordinarily, will go back to Cambodia.
Video, AudioMigrant exploitation cases growing - advocate
The exploitation of workers from overseas in Auckland is prompting two to three complaints every week, the Migrant Workers' Association says.
Crackdown on partnership visitor visas: ‘It’s just so frustrating’
A New Zealand man says he has run out of options as he battles Immigration officials to be reunited with his wife and child.
Refugee women learn to ride bikes
Learning to ride a bike for the first time in a new country Audio
