Migrants

Twenty-five years ago when the Kosovo war ended, nearly 800,000 Kosavar Albanians were left displaced. Some went to Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and a small number arrived in New Zealand as… Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Self-serving, messy, and directionless. With record numbers pouring into the country, our immigration policies are under the microscope – and they don't stand up to scrutiny.  Audio

The government's admitted it doesn't know how many migrants might have been scammed through its Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. Hundreds of migrants have been crammed in homes, and are living in… Audio

A group of migrants scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand now have just three days before they have nowhere to live. Immigration New Zealand officials are… Video, Audio

Advocates for migrant workers are alarmed as more and more people come to them for help, because the jobs they've been promised haven't eventuated. Audio

Aspiring basketballer could face deportation to Tonga. Audio

Migrants have spoken of the devastating effects of long waits for national security checks before they can become residents.

One woman miscarried the day she found out another check had been ordered… Audio

UK correspondent Lara Spirit joins Kathryn to talk about Tory MP Scott Benton being caught in a sting by The Times offering lobby services he could potentially provide to a fake company. A plan to… Audio

The pandemic smashed the international education sector - but are foreign students returning to our shores? Audio

We've slowed immigration to a trickle to stave off infrastructure overload, but at what cost? Audio

A Canterbury refugee centre is starting up its own driving programme, taught in the native language of migrants.

It's another step towards breaking down some of the barriers to getting a drivers… Audio

Today is International Workers' Day, also known as May Day.  Auckland student Nina Santos is the Delivery Manager for MindTheGap, which hosts New Zealand's first Pay Registry. She joins the show to… Audio

Europe is taking no chances with the new Covid 19 Omicron variant. EU states have moved quickly to restrict the arrival of passengers from numerous countries in southern Africa. Tensions between… Audio

Everyday New Zealanders will soon be given the chance play a bigger role helping new refugees settle in, thanks to a new Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS) scheme that will soon be… Audio