OIA shows proposed temporary work visa changes must include more open visas

An OIA and a survey conducted by Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) and the Indian Workers Association (IWA) shows the proposed immigration changes need to allow all temporary work visa holders to become more open work visas if we are to reduce the exploitation of migrant workers in New Zealand and to lift wages for […]

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NZ is a multicultural nation that has no time for xenophobic attitudes

FIRST Union and its affiliate, the Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG), have been involved in the consultation process of the United Nation’s (non-binding) Global Compact for Migration that seeks to promote orderly patterns of migration and to protect the lives of migrants living outside their birth country. We have put effort behind this because we […]

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Migrant groups welcome new immigration changes

The Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) and Indian Workers Association (IWA) welcome the new immigration changes announced today. We made submissions on behalf of migrants and requested migrants to also do the same. We are glad that the government has listened to the most vulnerable voices and made further changes in line with our submissions […]

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