Posts Tagged ‘Immigration Amendment Bill’

Australians join Kiwis in making submission to Select Committee on Refugees

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Plans to lock up refugees arriving in groups to New Zealand have drawn concern from across the Tasman. The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) has opposed the mandatory detention provisions in the Immigration Amendment Bill, in a written submission on the Bill currently before Parliament. ACMRO and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will appear Read more