Immigration

More than half of all parents needing visas to visit their migrant children since July have been turned down. Audio

A leading economist says New Zealand has never had a "proper conversation" about what immigration is for, which is creating uncertainty for both immigrants and businesses in the country. Audio

An Auckland restaurant has been ordered to pay more than $218,000 after underpaying a migrant worker for almost two years.

A second group of refugees detained in offshore Australian detention camps have arrived in New Zealand.

The pace of immigration continues to pick up with Stats NZ reporting a net gain of 5700 people in the 12 months ended November.

A Ukrainian community advocate is urging the government to give people who have fled the conflict more support and certainty about their future in this country.

The couple who were facing deportation from New Zealand said fighting in a war goes against their religion.

The former world kickboxing champion and convicted drug smuggler will be sent back to the Czech Republic in March.

The ongoing rent for an immigration office closed more than a year ago has cost taxpayers almost $3 million.

More than 6500 skilled migrants have been invited to apply for residence in a one-off ballot before a policy change.

Only three wealthy foreign investors have applied for residency since the government overhauled the rules last spring and they are in limbo.

A man who police say tried to ram a car carrying his wife and children has won an appeal against being deported from Australia to New Zealand.

The White House has accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives after busloads of migrants were dropped near Kamala Harris' home on a cold Christmas Eve.

The man accused of a deadly attack against the Kurdish community in Paris has admitted to a "pathological" hatred of migrants, French prosecutors say.

The Crown is appealing a High Court decision that a 501 deportee from Australia had human rights breached. Meanwhile, an advocate for deportees says she's had an influx of queries after the decision.

Immigration handled the Lynnmall attacker correctly but was limited in what it could do because of immigration laws, a review has found.