SPECIAL REPORT â by Selwyn Manning.
On Tuesday, March 30, we lodged a series of questions to the Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi, seeking answers to allegations that 10 Chinese workers, who were detained in custody pending deportation orders, were in fact victims of a human trafficking scam.
Throughout last week, the ten workersâ lawyer, Matt Robson, and union advocate Mike Treen of Unite Union, and been racing against the clock, seeking to halt deportation orders that Immigration New Zealand officials were advancing â seemingly with haste.
Two days later (April 1), two of the ten workers in fact received their deportation orders and were en-route to Auckland International Airport, escorted by Police.