Oh, no’s!
Double plus ungood. Help! Someone, anyone, call the Ministry of Truth, this must be memory-holed immediately:
“Figures from Australia’s Department of Home Affairs showed 907 people had their visas cancelled based on character requirements in the 2018 financial year, 453 of those were Kiwis. And at December 31, 1285 people were held in Australia’s immigration detention facilities. Of these, 150 (11.7 percent) were New Zealanders.
Meanwhile, Immigration New Zealand (INZ) figures show in the past five years 1040 people have been deported to the Pacific from New Zealand. Of the deportations, 400 followed criminal convictions, and 640 were for non-criminal reasons. During the 2018 financial year, 65 people were deported to the Pacific following convictions. The most common Pacific destinations for deportees are Samoa (145 in five years), Tonga (120) and Fiji (113).”
Stop exporting your own problems, New Zealand:
“in some cases, deportees have lived in New Zealand for years, and consider the country their home. Those who have dealt with deportees told Newsroom some have not stepped foot in their country of birth since they were children, and no longer have family and cultural ties, and are at high risk of re-offending, especially with a lack of social services and reintegration programmes.”
Newsroom
But – Quelle horreur! – “Foreign Minister Winston Peters is standing firm, saying New Zealand taxpayers would not want to bear the brunt of costs associated with keeping criminals in the country.”
Gasp!
Move along people, please…there is no hypocrisy to see here.
