A tetraplegic man under threat of deportation will reluctantly leave New Zealand next week. Semisi Ma’afu Samiu lost the use of his limbs after injuring his spine in 2006. But Samiu had defied Immigration and remained here, his family fearing he would not survive a return to his native Tonga where facilities for disabled people are Read more
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“In the public interest” to deport a tetraplegic from New Zealand to Tonga
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Immigration New Zealand says it is in the public interest to deport a tetraplegic to Tonga. Semisi Ma’afu Samiu is wondering how he will get off the airplane once he gets there. He tripped over a child’s plastic bike in Auckland in May 2006, crashing on to a concrete surface and injuring his spine, leaving him Read more