A candle light vigil in Auckland s Aotea Square protested the treatment migrant workers are receiving.
Thousands of people live in Aotearoa illegally, surviving in a shadow world of cash jobs, without benefits or healthcare. In part three of a series going inside the world of overstayers, National Correspondent Steve Kilgallon examines the argument for an amnesty. “If you are by the sea,” says Wang , a Chinese builder who has overstayed his visa and is living illegally in New Zealand, “you can step back if the tides are rising. But now it’s like someone is standing behind with a gun pointed to you, do you dare to step back?”
Several migrant groups have come together as FAM –
Federation of Aotearoa Migrants.
FAM is here to
amplify migrant voices and to highlight issues endured by
migrants due to the broken immigration system in Aotearoa
New Zealand
Our requests are simple:
The ever-moving goal post of getting
residence - Give residence now to those already
here
Migrant worker exploitation is never ending -
Detach visas from employers
Visa processing delays
cause havoc for migrant lives – allocate more resources at
INZ
Unite separated families - Reset immigration
policy and overhaul INZ
Frustration of adversely
affected migrants has found its way through numerous
Press Release – Federation of Aotearoa Migrants
Several migrant groups have come together as FAM – Federation of Aotearoa Migrants.
FAM is here to amplify migrant voices and to highlight issues endured by migrants due to the broken immigration system in Aotearoa New Zealand
Our requests are simple:
The ever-moving goal post of getting residence – Give residence now to those already here
Migrant worker exploitation is never ending – Detach visas from employers
Visa processing delays cause havoc for migrant lives – allocate more resources at INZ
Unite separated families – Reset immigration policy and overhaul INZ
Frustration of adversely affected migrants has found its way through numerous petitions to Parliament in the past year. As a result, the House is debating immigration on Thursday 13 May in the afternoon.