“Globally, the largest number of people who need resettlement is the Syrians. We are still seeing unprecedented numbers of refugees, and we’ve had the smallest year of resettlement, she says. “What we’ve seen over the past year is a complete stop or reductions of quotas. [Globally] we saw a drop from 100,000 resettlements a year to 20,000. “These are people who have fled conflict zones and sought asylum, sometimes spending time in refugee camps with limited access to food and medical care. People are living in very life-threatening situations, and then you put global pandemic on that, those situations are even more difficult, as are their pathways to safety.”
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Desperate situations : 1400 refugees waiting to move to NZ could face another two-year delay Newshub 13/03/2021 Alexa Cook © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty 1400 refugees waiting to move to New Zealand could face another two-year delay due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19.
One-thousand-four-hundred refugees waiting to move to New Zealand could be held up for another two years.
It s a year today since the refugee quota was paused because of COVID-19, and just a fraction of the expected number has arrived.
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Desperate situations : 1400 refugees waiting to move to NZ could face another two-year delay
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