Tongan overstayers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 25 Mar 2021 03:33:53 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Tongan overstayers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Community leaders trying to help overstayers allegedly defrauded by Mangere church https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/03/25/community-leaders-tonga-overstayers-defrauded-mangere/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:54:50 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=134944 More than 100 Tongan overstayers are believed to be in hiding, too scared to ask for official help after allegedly being defrauded by a church leader. Community leaders are now working to try and find a solution, so they can stay in New Zealand. Tongan lawyer Nalesoni Tupou​ said he knew of many cases who Read more

Community leaders trying to help overstayers allegedly defrauded by Mangere church... Read more]]> More than 100 Tongan overstayers are believed to be in hiding, too scared to ask for official help after allegedly being defrauded by a church leader.

Community leaders are now working to try and find a solution, so they can stay in New Zealand.

Tongan lawyer Nalesoni Tupou​ said he knew of many cases who were promised residency in exchange for cash by two men posing as immigration agents at a small church in Mangere.

However, after reporting the matter to the NZ Immigration Advisers Authority​, Tupou said he had been unable to get any of the overstayers to speak out as they are too worried about the consequences of making themselves known. Read more

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