Jul 1, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Jay Marlowe New Zealand has one of the lowest numbers of refugees per capita in the world — there is room for many more. When COVID-19 forced New Zealand to shut its borders, it left refugees we had committed to resettle in precarious circumstances with shattered...
Feb 23, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Gilbert Wong International business expert Christina Stringer has lifted the lid on migrant workers facing serious exploitation in New Zealand. When a temporary migrant worker queried his $8 an hour wage for an 80-hour week job, his employer told him, “We are the...
May 30, 2019 | Politics & Society, Referee
By James Nicol Why are some migrants seen as more deserving than others? James Nicol investigates. Since the re-election of the Coalition government in Australia’s federal elections scarcely more than week ago, a number of reports coming out of Nauru and Manus Island...
May 8, 2019 | Politics & Society, Referee
By James Nicol James Nicol explores the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in western countries. Whatever our feelings on the matter, we cannot escape the fact that the question of immigration has become the defining political issue of our time. International migration...
Nov 29, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Kai Thaler Kai Thaler outlines what needs to be done to resolve the Central American migrant crisis. On Sunday, the US Border Patrol fired tear gas into Mexico at migrants, including children, attempting to enter the US near the San Ysidro border crossing between...
Nov 6, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Jerry Flores Why does the migrant caravan exist? And how did it come to be? Jerry Flores explores. On Oct. 19, thousands of Central American migrants tried to cross the bridge between Guatemala and Mexico, seeking safety up north. News outlets broadcast the painful...
Sep 24, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By India-Mae Osborne India-Mae Osborne looks at the harrowing and dehumanising experiences of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers in the displaced persons camp system. When war erupted between Russia and Georgia in 2008, an estimated 150,000 refugees fled, many...
Sep 24, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By India-May Osborne India-Mae Osborne analyses the refugee crisis in Greece and the treatment of migrants and asylum-seekers. Over 1 million displaced peoples fled Asia, Africa and the Middle East for Europe in 2015 alone. By April of 2016, this number had increased...