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More than 300 Kiwis deported from Australia while borders closed


Steel fences surround Villawood detention centre in Sydney, where many ‘501s’ are held before deportation.
Australia’s enforcement of the populist immigration policy has dogged diplomatic relations since 2014. The topic is likely to be on the agenda when Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne arrives for talks with counterpart Nanaia Mahuta on Wednesday.
Since 2015, 2374 Kiwis have been sent back across the Tasman, with numbers reaching a peak in 2017 at 468 returnees.
Last year, as the world grappled with travel restrictions imposed to tackle the virus, 320 people were returned.
Between January and March this year, 61 were removed from Australia, many on a series of ‘Con Air’ flights. ....

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New Zealand refused to call out Australia at UN over deportees


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Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison walk to a press conference in Sydney in 2020. Ardern told media his policies were having a “corrosive” impact on the bilateral relationship.
Community Law Centres Aotearoa, led by former Labour MP Sue Moroney and Filipa Payne, an advocate for returnees, took a petition to Parliament last year urging the Government to raise the issue during the UN’s Universal Periodic Review of Australia.
Parliament’s foreign affairs, defence and trade select committee forwarded the petition to then-Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
In response, Peters said New Zealand preferred to raise concerns directly with the Australian Government. ....

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