Refugees And Migrants
Would-be climate change refugees face imminent deportation
A family's desperate fight to stay in New Zealand as climate change refugees is at an end with the father-of-three now in a police cell in Auckland waiting to be deported. Lauren Baker reports. Audio
Would-be climate change refugees on cusp of deportation
A Pacific family's desperate fight to stay in New Zealand as climate change refugees is about to end with the father now in a police cell waiting to be deported. Audio
"My teacher is six months old" - Babies tackle bullying
Ever wondered how a baby and a large green blanket might help combat child abuse? Babies are now the teachers. They're being brought into classrooms to break the intergenerational cycles of domestic… Audio, Gallery
New Zealander on front line of refugee crisis in Greece
As Europe fails to reach an agreement over how to share the burden of the massive flow of asylum seekers out of Syria and Iraq, we meet Christchurch woman Anne Tee, who has lived on the tiny Greek… Audio
Neil Finn: 'Refugee quota is totally inadequate'
Kiwi music legend Neil Finn, whose song has raised $120,000 for the refugee crisis, has slammed New Zealand's refugee quota. Video, Audio
'Help is Coming' always a song about refugees says Neil Finn
A song penned 20 years ago by Neil Finn has taken on a new life as a fundraiser to help Syrian refugees. Video, Audio
Hungary delcares state of emergency
Hungary has declared a state of emergency just hours after passing new laws aimed at stopping the unchecked flow of migrants. Audio
EU ministers fail to agree broader quota system for refugees
European Union ministers at a meeting in Brussels have been unable to agree on a controversial plan to relocate another 120,000 migrants, with binding quotas for individual member states. Audio
EU interior ministers to meet in Brussels
More countries in Europe are tightening up their border controls as record numbers of migrants continue to arrive. Audio
Migrants face European 'legal limbo'
Thousands of refugees could be left in "legal limbo" as European countries adopt different border rules to deal with the record influx of migrants, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned.
European Union to hold emergency refugee meeting
European Union officials will hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss a plan to settle 160-thousand asylum seekers. Audio
Refugee crisis: Germany closes border with Austria
Germany has introduced temporary controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of migrants and refugees.
Germany introduces border controls to slow flow of refugees
Germany is introducing temporary controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of refugees. Audio
Kiwis in detention centres may be result of tougher immigration
The growing number of New Zealanders held in Australian detention centres may be the collateral damage from that country's tougher approach on immigration according to the Prime Minister. Audio
When my family left Czechoslovakia
As Syrian families arrive in Germany, RNZ's Veronika Meduna finds herself thinking back to her family's first year there after fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1974.
'Help is Coming' - a message to refugees
A 20-year-old song by Crowded House has become a charity single for a worldwide fundraising drive to help raise money for Syrian refugees. Video
'Abysmal' conditions at refugee camp
Refugees are being kept in cages and thrown food in camps set up in Hungary - and any others considering entering the country are being told they will be arrested.
Harry McQuillan: 50 years of Iran
Nelson orchardist with a PhD in geology who spent many years geologically mapping vast tracts of the Zagros Mountains in Iran, and now conducts annual spring and autumn tours there. Audio
Matthieu Aikins: Yemen and the Middle East
Matthieu Aikins reports from the Middle East and South Asia for a number of magazines and his investigative work exposing war crimes in Afghanistan won him the George Polk Award and the Medill Medal… Audio
Call for refugee centre in Dunedin
Dunedin's mayor has asked the government to consider establishing a refugee resettlement centre in Dunedin.
