Refugees And Migrants
New immigration rules would put squeeze on horticulture
The government's new immigration plan will hurt the horticulture industry by making it harder to get and keep staff, according to one Bay of Plenty company. Video
Tourism operator praises new immigration rules
One change means foreigners working in jobs like outdoor adventure guides will be eligible for residence for the first time, making it easier to employ foreign workers. Audio
Govt proposes tightening work-visa rules
Low-skilled migrants will only be able to stay in New Zealand for a maximum of three years, under new proposed immigration rules.
Australia, US move to curb skilled worker visas
Changes to Australia's four-year working visa have removed pathways to permanent residency for less-skilled migrants, and removed 30 percent of eligible jobs.
Australia to bring in stricter work visa rules
Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with two visas with tougher language and skill requirements.
New NZers learn to ride bikes
Can you imagine learning to ride a bike as an adult? A group of refugees and new migrants did just that at a recent women's cycling day in Wellington. Audio, Gallery
Nearly 100 migrants missing after boat sinks near Libya
At least 97 African migrants, including women and children, are missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast, a coastguard spokesman has said.
World's top trade unionist calls on NZ to protect migrant workers
The world's top Trade Unionist, Sharan Burrow, is calling on New Zealand to protect migrant workers as if they were our own. Video, Audio
African refugees 'sold in slave markets'
Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in 'slave' markets in Libya, an international migration agency says.
Mayor urges Immigration NZ not to deport care worker
A resthome worker ordered to leave the country is exactly the sort of immigrant New Zealand needs to keep, Far North mayor John Carter says. Audio
Rest home manager appalled at threat to deport worker
A Far North resthome is fighting to keep a Filipino staff member who's been given just two days to get out of the country - despite being in the job for 10 years. Audio
Reformed Neo-Nazi Christian Picciolini
Christian Picciolini was a founding member of Chicago's first Neo-Nazi Skinhead gang but after seven years he left the group and has since helped founded the non-profit Life After Hate which helps… Audio
Western leaders talk tough on Syria before G7 meeting
Western leaders have been talking tough on Syria and its key ally Russia ahead of today's G7 meeting in Italy. We talk to London based political correspondent and Middle East affairs commentator Adel… Audio
Hate speech vs Freedom of speech
Incidents like the attack in Huntly on Muslim woman Mehpara Khan and the case of Wellington College boys inciting rape on social media are prompting debate around the rights to freedom of speech. The… Audio
Labour would cut back on immigration
A governing Labour Party would reduce the number of temporary work visas and the "so-called skilled migrant" category, MP Phil Twyford says.
Rafeef Ziadah - Shades of anger
Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian spoken word poet and human rights activist born in Beirut, raised across several countries as a result of being one of thousands of stateless Palestinians; tertiary… Audio
Tighter immigration policies cause drop in Pacific migration
Despite record immigration levels, the number of Pasifika people being allowed into NZ as skilled mirgrants has dropped by 28 percent since 2012. It's all down to tighter immigration policies. Audio
Loraine Jayme sentenced to home detention for Filipino visa fraud
Loraine Jayme, 36, charged Filipino migrants more than $2000 each to obtain temporary work visas to work on dairy farms.
Academic warns of emotional election rhetoric on immigration
Migration to New Zealand has been linked to Auckland's housing crisis. In election year it's a near inevitability that political parties will infuse their arguments and messaging with emotion, but… Audio
Facing death in Colombia to life in NZ
Daniel Gamboa is 22, an actor, son, humanitarian, student, young leader and former refugee. In 2006 Daniel and his mother fled Colombia when rebels threated to kill the then 12-year-old boy because… Audio, Gallery
