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Nation Bites: Refugee Crisis & Quota, Devoy, Hungary & Genev

By: The Nation
Published: Sat 5 Sep 2015 08:26 PM
UNHCR says New Zealand's agreed to take 100 Syrian refugees
UNHCR says NZ has agreed to take 100 Syrian refugees, but the NZ Prime Minister's office is refusing to confirm or deny.
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Devoy calls for emergency refugee intake & to double NZ's quota
Race Relation Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy adds to calls for NZ to take more refugees and says lack of funding for our support agencies is "appalling"
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How would New Zealand pay for an increase in refugees?
Dame Susan Devoy says if we can afford a flag referendum and bail our finance companies, we can "find a way" to help refugees.
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How images of Aylan Kurdi changed our view of the refugee crisis
Red Cross aid worker Stephen Ryan in Budapest says the pictures of Syrian three year-old Aylan Kurdi remind us these are families crossing Europe.
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Aid worker walking with the refugees in Hungary
Stephen Ryan of the International Red Cross has been walking with the refugees across Hungary, towards Austria
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What would a comprehensive plan for the refugee crisis look like?
UNHCR's Ariane Rummery says refugees only risking lives on boats because they think it's safer than staying where they are and that we need more "legal channels" for asylum.
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