Refugees And Migrants
Filipino dairy workers paid $15,000 to come to New Zealand
Hundreds of Filipino workers on dairy farms here are being investigated after they for using fraudulent documentation to get visas to work on New Zealand dairy farms. Audio
UN official visit to Australia cancelled
A leading Australian human rights lawyer says the Australian government is thumbing its nose at its international obligations with the postponement of a visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human… Audio
Hundreds of Filipino farm workers under scrutiny
Hundreds of Filipino workers on dairy farms are under scrutiny after authorities in the Philippines revealed dozens had arrived based on false documents.
NZers on deportation row deemed high security risks
A detaineee waiting to be deported from Australia says all New Zealanders at the centre he's at in Perth are being moved to Christmas Island as they are deemed to be high security risks. Audio
Investigation into 30 illegal Filipino workers
An investigation's been launched into Filipinos working illegally on dairy farms. Audio
Sister appalled with prison's treatment of New Zealander
The sister of a New Zealand man who died in an Australian prison wants to know why staff did not tell the family her brother was mentally ill, and why he was kept in extreme isolation. Audio
New Zealander set to be deported dies in Australian prison
A 23-year-old New Zealander who begged Australia's immigration minister not to deport him back to this country has died in Australia's Goulburn Supermax prison. Audio
Wellington to take in first Syrian refugees
Wellington will be absorbing the first intake of the government's emergency quota of Syrian refugees.
'About 200' NZers detained by Australia
New Zealanders incarcerated in a detention centre on Christmas Island are being denied access to justice, the Australian Human Rights Commission says. Audio
It's revealed 196 NZders are in Australian detention centres
The Government says 196 New Zealanders are being detained in Australia awaiting deportation, but it won't say how many of these are being held on Christmas Island. Audio
'No idea' how many Kiwis on Christmas Island
Prime Minister John Key wants Australia to provide better information about the treatment of people it is deporting to New Zealand.
Shearer agrees with PM on treatment of NZers in Australia
More details of the increasing number of New Zealanders being locked up in Australian detention centres are continuing to emerge. Labour's foreign affairs spokesman David Shearer joins Morning Report.
…First Syrian refugees under new quota identified
Immigration New Zealand says it has already identified about 80 Syrian refugees who could be eligible to come here under an emergency quota.
Reverend defends failed climate change refugee
The Auckland market gardener who sacked would-be climate change refugee Ioane Teitiota says he felt betrayed by the man he once supported and urged the government to deport him. Reverend Iosefa… Audio
Family face 'tough environment' in Kiribati
A man who failed to get climate change refugee status has been sent back to Kiribati, with his family expected to follow him next week. Audio
Ioane Teitiota is deported to Kiribati
The father of a family who failed to obtain refugee status based on climate change, has today been deported from New Zealand. Audio
Advocate: Christmas Island is a 'gulag in the jungle'
Recent law changes in Australia has seen a sharp rise in the number of New Zealanders being deported, irrespective of how long they have lived across the Tasman. Pamela Curr is a Detainee and Refugee… Audio
Deportation blow for Kiribati community
Kiribati man Ioane Teitiota will be deported today after a last-minute bid to allow him to stay failed. Associate Immigration Minister Craig Foss announced he would not intervene in the deportation of… Audio
EU approves plan to relocate 120,000 migrants
European Union interior ministers have approved a plan to relocate 120-thousand refugees. Our correspondent in Brussels Sandra Gathmann has been following the latest developments. Audio
EU forces through refugee deal
The European Union has approved a plan to share out 120,000 refugees across its 28 states, overriding opposition from four eastern nations.
