An immigration lawyer says a Chilean family seeking sanctuary in a church in Christchurch to avoid deportation is wasting their time and should consider heading back to Chile. The priest at the church where the family sought refuge declined to be interviewed and asked that the name of his church not be reported. The Ravet Read more
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Tongan overstayers being deported to cyclone damaged homes
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
A lawyer representing overstayers from Tonga claims New Zealand is deporting people to some of the most cyclone-damaged areas of the island nation. The immigration lawyer, Richard Small, says the New Zealand authorities are wanting to send Tongan overstayers back to the area, and he has 30 such cases on his books. He described deporting Read more
Tongan flight scam tricks overstayers
Friday, July 6th, 2012Police believe people as far away as the South Island may have been subject to a scam when 100 Tongans turned up at Auckland Airport last week to collect airline tickets that never existed. The group paid a fraudulent immigration adviser $250 each for return airfares from Auckland to Tonga. Waikato police today said they Read more
Pacific overstayers in NZ hit hard by new complaints criteria
Friday, December 2nd, 2011The Ombudsman’s office in New Zealand is being criticised for tightening the rules on complaints from overstayers about their dealings with Immigration New Zealand’s Pacific division.
Thirteen overstayers were granted residency this year after the Ombudsman ruled they had been misled by the division in 2005, with promises of jobs and residency.
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