Immigration

The government has spent $112,000 to repatriate migrants who could not afford plane tickets to fly back to their home countries, Budget documents show.

The European Union is partly to blame for deaths of migrants taking boats across the Mediterranean, the United Nations says.

Many employers have had to let their post-study work visa holders go - or have kept their job open, but some cannot work remotely.

Migrants have hit back at the government's immigration reset, saying it uses them as a "scapegoat" for problems with housing, infrastructure and worker welfare.

The minister has acknowledged there were no new announcements in what the government called a "once-in-a generation reset" of the immigration system.

The difference between the number of people moving to New Zealand and the number of people leaving dropped by more than 85,000 in the year to the end of March, 2021.

Voices - The Auckland Writers Festival theatre was packed out with people wanting to hear the award-winning Kurdish-Iranian writer's story and views. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government is not planning to help travel agents trying to organise private charter flights for New Zealanders stranded in India. Audio

Crowd rallies at Parliament over border closures, saying families are separated

A 20m-long underground escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Australia, refugee campaigners say.

The last of Budget 2019, bills from non-ministers and a special debate on immigration and border policies will take place at Parliament this week. 

Eight construction workers have been detained following an immigration raid on government building projects.

The government has launched an investigation asking the Productivity Commission to dig deeper into what immigration policy settings would best help New Zealand's economic growth. Audio