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National Party calls for a parliamentary inquiry on migrant-issues Tuesday, April 6, 2021 IWK Bureau
National Party’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford is calling for a parliamentary inquiry for migrant issues.
A parliamentary inquiry would finally give a voice to the desperate migrants who feel unheard and ignored by Jacinda Ardern and her Government, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says.
National is calling for Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee to open an inquiry into the migrant issues created by Covid-19 and New Zealand’s closed border, as well as Immigration New Zealand’s policy settings and rules.
“Since our border closed a year ago, many of our temporary visa holders have had their lives thrown into turmoil,” Ms Stanford says.
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 2:15 pm
A parliamentary inquiry would finally give a voice to the
desperate migrants who feel unheard and ignored by Jacinda
Ardern and her Government, National’s Immigration
spokesperson Erica Stanford says.
National is calling
for Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee
to open an inquiry into the migrant issues created by
Covid-19 and New Zealand’s closed border, as well as
Immigration New Zealand’s policy settings and
rules.
“Since our border closed a year ago, many of
our temporary visa holders have had their lives thrown into
turmoil,” Ms Stanford says.
“Critical workers –
people we invited here to nurse our elderly and teach in our
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