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People smuggling U-turn

Immigration NZ has admitted it questioned an Iraqi refugee about allegations he was involved in people-smuggling, but allowed him to settle in this country anyway.

Tongan overstayers claim they didn't get legal help

$5.5m rebuild for Mangere Refugee Centre

Immigration to review procedures

Immigration New Zealand says it will work on how to prioritise immigration cases after the Chief Ombudsman ruled that it had unreasonably delayed an application.

Seats in economy class stress out Kiwis

New Zealand business travellers are more worried than others about flying economy but they're far more relaxed about airport security and immigration.

Refugees were heading for NZ

A classified report has confirmed that the boatload of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who arrived without warning in Australia had been sailing for New Zealand.

Most immigrants feel they belong in NZ

The majority of migrants to New Zealand feel they belong here, according to new analysis from Statistics New Zealand.

Expats in Oz call for citizen rights

A national campaign is being prepared in Australia to challenge the exclusion of expatriate New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders from welfare and other Government assistance.

Immigration adds voice to asylum camp criticism

Dotcom seeks witnesses

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is trying to drag one of the country's most senior police officers into court.

South London's Kiwi capital

Kiwis on their OE are likelier to be young professionals than backpackers dossing down in a bedsit. London correspondent Jared Savage visits an area of south London that has become the new Kiwi capital.

Herald on Sunday editorial: Shortcuts to asylum are costly

Critics of the hard line the Government has adopted towards "boat people" must have been dismayed when an overcrowded fishing boat was brought ashore north of Perth this week, its 66 passengers displaying a sign that read, "We want to go to New Zealand".

Overstayer ditches US allegiance for NZ

A long-term overstayer believes he has found a way to stop Immigration New Zealand from deporting him - by renouncing his citizenship.

Visa deal exposes 'huge set of risks'

A fast-track visa deal struck with a Chinese airline for frequent flyers could be exploited by sex traffickers and people smugglers, according to a risk report.

Money lures migrant sex workers

Migrant prostitutes here are not victims of people trafficking and many are in the sex trade for the money, research on migrant sex workers in New Zealand has found.

Undetected boat stuns border officials