Immigration

The government has scotched suggestions a deal bringing refugees from Australia to New Zealand is part of a tradeoff for policy changes on citizenship and 501 deportees.

The honorary Nepalese consul has warned an increasing number of migrants are being scammed into buying visas to work here.

The labour market is showing few signs of cooling as surging immigration has led to a lift in employment.

A vessel operated by Doctors without Borders has rescued nearly 600 migrants sailing on an overcrowded boat off the island of Sicily, the group says.

Thirty refugees will be resettled to this country next month amid a drawn-out process described as disgraceful by advocates.

A Chinese overstayer says his wrist was broken during a dawn raid by immigration officers in Auckland last year, and that Immigration officers created a cover-up story.

Tayyip Erdogan's opponent in Turkey's presidential race Kemal Kilicdaroglu has sharpened his tone on migrants.

Foreign students are returning to New Zealand at a faster rate than before the pandemic began, but polytechnics and schools are missing out, visa figures show.

Thousands of migrants have been rushing to the US-Mexico border just hours before a Trump-era policy that allowed for their swift removal is set to expire.

It comes in the wake of a fire that killed 40 migrants in government custody.

An overstayer who was detained after a dawn raid in South Auckland last month has been granted a temporary visa and will no longer be deported.

An Auckland sex worker says prohibiting migrants from working in the industry brings more harm than good.

A change in a 'discriminatory' refugee policy has seen a large increase in African and Middle Eastern families being resettled in New Zealand.

Two doctors expecting a baby in August have been caught up in national security checks and face having to decide whether to emigrate.

The head of Immigration New Zealand says she will personally sign off on any further dawn arrests of overstayers. Audio