(NZ Herald) The government has scrapped the controversial family-link policy for African and Middle Eastern refugees.
The rules have been described as “racist and discriminatory” by new Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon.
The government has also increased the overall number of African refugees allowed into the country, but only by 1 per cent a year.
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway this morning said the government would remove the requirement that would-be African and Middle Eastern refugees need to have family already living in New Zealand to be resettled.
Foon has been highly critical of this policy, telling Q&A it was racist and discriminatory.
