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Deportees fear islanders against them

Kiribati family who claimed they were climate change refugees say they won't be welcomed home.

Record migration could boost unemployment

New Zealand's annual net migration rose to a record in August as Indian and Chinese students continued to flock to courses offered by local educational institutions.

Maria Hayward: Devastating refugee photos not telling full story

They flee because they fear, indeed they know, that they will not survive in the environment they are in, writes Maria Hayward. They just want to be able to be safe.

Rally calls for increase to refugee quota

Hundreds attended a rally in Auckland today calling for the Government to welcome significantly more refugees to New Zealand.

Family turn to UN after court rejects refugee bid

A Kiribati family who claimed to be the world's first refugees from climate change will have to leave their rented house in West Auckland after the father was detained this week.

Donna Miles-Mojab: Refugees and the lottery of life

Today, for millions of people, the difference between living in war or peace, between prosperity and starvation, between self-determination and oppression, are determined purely by geography and borders.

Joyce cautious with migrant rule changes

New Zealand must avoid putting off high net-worth investors from coming here, says Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce.

Germany tightens border, human flood rolls on

Facing an unstaunchable flood of migrants and refugees, Germany yesterday said it was reaching breaking point and would enact emergency controls.

Paul Thomas: It takes a hardish heart to live in a lucky country

Paul Thomas asks, if there's a special pathos attached to death by drowning when in sight of a safe haven, what about the boatloads of Libyan refugees who didn't make it across the Mediterranean?

Economic golden lining from young refugees

As many others recoil, Europe's greying powerhouse Germany senses opportunity.

Claire Trevett: Is it reasonable to expect Syrian refugees to fight?

Justin Duckworth: Let more refugees in

This tragedy requires a humanitarian response - economic cost should not be the primary concern in our country's decision in how to act, writes Justin Duckworth, Anglican Bishop of Wellington.

Dr Zain Ali: Magic ways to ease a crisis of conscience

It's often said that magic is the art of misdirection. In the debate on the Syrian refugee crisis, misdirection seems ubiquitous, writes Dr Zain Ali.

Refugee crisis: Why I can't just stand by and watch

My role, as a journalist, should be to act as a witness; to report on the situation as a bystander and then leave it as I found it, but an incident in 2013 changed my perspective, writes Rachel Smalley.

Rev Michael Hewat: Govt should put Christian refugees top of queue

A starving, homeless, Muslim child is every bit as precious as a starving, homeless, Christian child. Neither should be discriminated against.

Photographers document reality of refugee crisis

Kiwi photographers Matthew and Hannah Beames were looking forward to two days of sun, sand and surf when they arrived on the Greek island of Kos this week.