Refugees And Migrants
Labour wants climate change refugees given new life in NZ
The Labour Party says Pacific Islanders whose homes disappear under rising sea levels should be able to make a new life in New Zealand. Audio
Australian refugee rights advocates fear deportations
Australian refugee advocates have welcomed the Prime Minister John Key's repeated offer to take asylum seekers under this country's refugee intake. Audio
PNG makes headway on West Papua refugee registry
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is assisting Papua New Guinea to register all West Papuan refugees in the country. Audio
Schoolgirl tells parliament of her escape from Myanmar
A schoolgirl has spoken at parliament about how she and her family escaped Myanmar when she was six years old and found refuge in New Zealand.
Wellington prepares for Syrian refugees
Preparations are underway in Wellington for the arrival of the first group of refugees from Syria under the emergency intake. Audio
First refugees under emergency intake to arrive in Wellington
The first group of Syrians to arrive in the country under the emergency refugee intake are due to leave the Mangere Resettlement Centre and arrive in Wellington later this month. Audio
John Key opens door for babies in detention row to come here
John Key yesterday suggested the 37 babies who are among 260 aslyum seekers facing deportation to Nauru from Australia could be resettled here. Audio
Schoolgirl tells parliament of her escape from Myanmar
A schoolgirl has spoken at Parliament about how she and her family escaped Myanmar when she was six years old and found refuge in New Zealand. Audio
Former refugee's plea to increase quota
People around the world are risking their lives to escape persecution and New Zealand should increase the number of refugees it accepts, a former refugee says. Audio
Eritrean man makes plea for the refugee quota to increase
A man who fled Eritrea and then faced deportation after being accused of spying in Sudan has spoken out about the day that changed his life - when New Zealand accepted him as a refugee. Ibrahim Omer… Audio
Questions over refugee resettlement in PNG
More than half of the over 900 asylum seekers - who fled from places such as Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka - have now had their refugee status confirmed by PNG Immigration. Audio
Predidential candidate pushed on immigration controls
How strictly America should apply immigration controls and how to deal with the estimated 11-million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. are questions all of the Presidential candidates are being… Audio
Defiant Australian doctors in uncharted territory
The staff at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital are refusing to discharge a 13-month-old baby because they don't want it sent back to the Nauru detention centre. Audio
Visa requires marriage partners to have met
Partners in arranged marriages must have physically met to be eligible for a visa according to new guidelines from Immigration New Zealand.
Dayle Takitimu - Climate Change Refugees
Dayle Takitimu is a law expert specialising in indigenous rights and environmental law and she is also taking part in Victoria University's big climate change conference next week. Her main area of… Audio
In the Eye of the Storm
President Anote Tong of Kiribati made the world sit up and take notice with his simple plea for the survival of his people, when he spoke on the opening day of the international climate change… Audio
Immigrants and primary healthcare
Professor Robin Gauld of the University of Otago answers some listener questions about new arrivals and how they use the health system. Audio
Migrant crisis: 27 dead off Turkey as boat sinks
At least 27 refugees and migrants - including 11 children - have died off the Turkish coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media say.
Asylum seekers offered safe haven in Australian churches
Clergy in Australia are offering sanctuary to asylum seekers who face being sent back to the Nauru detention centre, even if authorities come to knock the doors down. Audio
Turkey closes border to Syrian refugees
About 35,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Turkey's border in just two days amid an upsurge of fighting, but the Turks are refusing to open the crossing.
