Another New Zealand quarantine worker at the Grand Millennium hotel in Auckland tests positive to the coronavirus, bringing the number of cases linked to the cluster to three.
Mahuta said Oranga Tamariki had been “engaged” with the minor’s family members in Australia and New Zealand. “Some of the circumstances around his living situation links him to Australia and New Zealand. He has family in Australia and New Zealand,” she said. “We have worked to ensure that Oranga Tamariki is looking for the most suitable solution and keeping the family involved in that process.” National Party MP Gerry Brownlee said the Government needed to front up with details about the deportation and its circumstances. “The prime minister can t know everything, but I hope she s asking some pretty serious questions and is prepared to release information to New Zealand,” he said.
Australia deporting 15-year-old Kiwi won t be the last say advocates warning of escalation in notoriously retrograde policy
16 Mar, 2021 04:39 AM
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Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
A 15-year-old boy sent back from Australia won t be the last warns a human rights advocate working on the Gold Coast with Kiwi youth she says are currently being threatened with deportation.
And legal experts are calling what is believed be the first case of a minor sent back across the Tasman a disturbing escalation of a notoriously retrograde immigration policy - one that likely breaches international human rights obligations.
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