Press Release – Unite Union Unite Union is calling on all supporters of worker’s rights and social justice to join the migrant rights march in Auckland on Saturday 5 June. The protests will gather in Aotea Square at 3pm, to march through central Auckland. Unite Union Advocate Mike …
Unite Union is calling on all supporters of worker’s rights and social justice to join the migrant rights march in Auckland on Saturday 5 June. The protests will gather in Aotea Square at 3pm, to march through central Auckland.
Unite Union Advocate Mike Treen said the union “believes that resolving the current crisis for migrants who have made New Zealand their home is an urgent necessity and has not been dealt with by the government reset of future migration criteria.
Source: Unite Union â Mike Treen
Unite Union is calling on all supporters of workerâs rights and social justice to join the migrant rights march in Auckland on Saturday 5 June. The protests will gather in Aotea Square at 3pm, to march through central Auckland. Â
Unite Union Advocate Mike Treen said the union âbelieves that resolving the current crisis for migrants who have made New Zealand their home is an urgent necessity and has not been dealt with by the government reset of future migration criteria.
âMigrants in New Zealand have now formed a national coalition  The Federation of Aotearoa Migrants to advance six key demands that will address the problems that they and the country face.
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Covid-19 and border closures mean Priya Fernandes has been apart from her husband for almost two years. Photo / Andrew Warner
Covid-19 and border closures mean Priya Fernandes has been apart from her husband for almost two years. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua immigrants are experiencing frustration and heartbreak being apart from their families, with one woman facing spending her 30th wedding anniversary without her husband. Priya Fernandes, a Toi Ohomai masters student, who also works part time as a frontline border worker, moved from India in October 2019.
Thousands protest against New Zealand government’s anti-immigrant policies
Hundreds of migrant workers and supporters rallied outside New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington yesterday to protest the Labour Party-Greens coalition government’s anti-immigrant policies.
The day before, hundreds attended protest vigils in Auckland, Christchurch and Hamilton. About 60 demonstrators also gathered in Queenstown, a tourism centre where many migrants lost their jobs last year due to the COVID-19 border closure and the economic collapse. Thousands of migrants were unable to access unemployment benefits.
A banner at the Wellington protest: “690 days split from my kids as a single parent: Enough is enough! Bring them home.” (Source: WSWS Media)