Refugees And Migrants
Refugee mental health service: No new support for quota increase
Māngere Refugee Centre's mental health support service is under pressure as it faces an increase in demand and an expected influx in coming years.
What's it like moving from South Africa to New Zealand?
South Africans are the fifth most common overseas-born New Zealand residents – 54,000 live here. Ninety percent of these arrived after the apartheid era ended in the 1990s. In this episode of Voices… Audio
Property law: Migrants 'pretty much out there in the dark'
Lawyers are warning more needs to be done to stop migrants from losing millions of dollars in property disputes.
Immigration NZ making it hard for people to get the right advice - lawyer
Immigration New Zealand's services have become inefficient and substandard after it shut down drop-in centres, those working in the industry have said.
Greek squiggles benefit victims of violence
In this episode of Voices; we look at a Greek artist's work helping to raise money for Women's Refuge. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu. Audio, Gallery
Immigration boss discusses fears migrant studying weapons of mass destruction
On Thursday Newshub’s Michael Morrah broke a story about foreign students who are under investigation by Immigration New Zealand for potentially putting their new skills towards building weapons of… Audio
Immigration fears foreign students learning to make WMDs
Immigration New Zealand and the Secret Intelligence Service are investigating several foreign students over concerns their studies could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. One of the… Audio
Sroubek residency a 'failure of due diligence' - Woodhouse
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is under renewed pressure to sack her Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway after revelations he took just an hour to consider the Czech drug smuggler case. "In respect… Audio
Pressure on Galloway over Sroubek residency
The Immigration Minister is under increasing pressure with new revelations he spent just an hour considering the Karel Sroubek case and didn't read the entire file before making a decision. The… Audio
Former Immigration Minister questions Lees-Galloways' instincts
A former Immigration Minister is astonished Iain Lees-Galloway took just an hour to decide he'd let convicted criminal Karel Sroubek stay in the country. Aussie Malcolm told RNZ political reporter… Audio
Immigration NZ on Karel Sroubek case: 'We provide what we can'
Immigration NZ's General Manager Stephen Dunstan refuses to say how many pages were included in the file on Karel Sroubek, which was presented to Minister Iain Lees-Galloway, or how long it took him… Audio
Immigration Minister spent one hour on Karel Sroubek’s case
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has admitted it took him about an hour to decide to let Karel Sroubek stay in New Zealand, and that he did not read the entire file. Audio
Migrants not the answer to aged care workers shortage - nurses union
Hiring migrant workers is not the answer to a chronic shortage of rest home workers, the nurses union says.
PM backs Immigration Minister of Czech man’s residency case
While Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern backs Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway, she says the fact information contradicts that which was used to base his decision to grant residency to Czech drug… Video, Audio
Immigration Minister to revisit Karel Sroubek’s residency case
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says he will need to have another look at Czech criminal Karel Sroubek's residency case after National revealed he had returned to the Czech republic since… Audio
Nauru dependent on refugees - academic
An academic says Nauru's economic dependence on detaining refugees could be making its government uneasy about recent evacuations. Audio
Manus refugee nominated for human rights gong
A Manus Island refugee has been nominated for an International Human Rights Award. Audio
NZ school system 'alien' to ethnic communities
Our Pakeha-dominated Tomorrow's Schools system would be yesterday's news if New Zealand's ethnic communities had any say. Earlier this year Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announced the review of… Audio
Photographer - and witness - Robin Hammond
Ex-pat Photographer Robin Hammond focuses his camera on people who live on the margins - the mentally ill, the LGBTI community, refugees and other victims of war. His multi-award winning images are… Audio
Suggestions Australia's Border Force changing tack
Australia could end legal opposition to Nauru refugee transfers, an advocate says. Audio
