Immigration

Community Law says it is 'blown away' by the wide-ranging effects of its win in a High Court immigration case.

The government is letting more migrant workers into the country to help with the labour shortage gripping the primary sector.

A High Court ruling means 4000 residents who were unable to come to New Zealand because of immigration rules can now travel here.

The immigration industry says heads should roll over the launch of the 2021 residence programme which was dogged by IT issues.

Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi chose administrative ease over the rights of families and children, according to lawyers in the High Court.

Two New Zealanders are heading to court today in a case that could affect thousands of migrants and their families.

It appears tourists will benefit from the lifting of border restrictions next year but separated couples and families will not, according to immigration lawyers and advocates.

"I swear I've never grinned as much in my life," says Michelle Shaw about the moment they finally knew their family were set to be New Zealand residents. Video

The avenue was opened by a court last week for Afghans trapped there to get a visa.

France pledged to step up surveillance of its northern shores, but migrants huddling in makeshift camps say nothing will stop them from trying to cross the Channel to Britain.

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has recommended improvements to New Zealand's approach to screening visa applications for security risk.

A group of Afghan people trying to escape the Taliban have won a High Court judicial review to have their applications to come to New Zealand revisited.

Fathers separated from their children by border restrictions are calling for the government not to forget their plight.

A tribunal says migrants need to be protected from an adviser whose systemic deceptions left a couple unlawfully in the country.

Belarus's authoritarian leader has told the BBC it is "absolutely possible" his forces helped migrants cross into Poland but denies they were invited.

A recruitment firm bringing Filipino workers from the Cook Islands says Air New Zealand gave travellers a shock when the flight schedule was wiped.

The government says it will look at a 'quirk' in immigration policy that means some workers have to leave the country and fly back in to be eligible for next year's one-off residence visa.

The European Commission has accused Belarus's authoritarian leader of luring migrants with the false promise of easy entry to the EU as part of an "inhuman, gangster-style approach".