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Scoop Coverage: NZ Responds to Refugee Crisis
Gordon Campbell: On Selecting Refugees, Aussie Generosity And A Cat Video
Now that we know how many Syrian refugees New Zealand will accept, the focus can shift onto how they’ll be selected, and the criteria in play... PM John Key said that the UN would make the initial assessment, with further validation and checks by a New Zealand team working alongside the UN. More>>
ALSO:
- Robert Kelly - PM Post Cabinet Press Conference: Red Peak, Refugees
- Parlaiment Today - Syrian Refugee Crisis Dominates Week
- Doing Our Bit - John Key lets down New Zealanders with refugee stance
- Dunedin City Council - Dunedin Mayor Asks Govt to consider refugee centre
- Sandvich - See me, I am a refugee
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat - Neighbours have a greater obligation to the Refugee Crisis
- ActionStation - Will You Join Us To Stand With Refugees Tonight [Thursday]?
- Australian Govt - Australia will resettle an additional 12,000 refugees - Australia to extend air operations against Daesh into Syria
- TV3 Video - Thousands gather to protest refugee quota - Austria suspends train services amid refugee crisis - Collins: NZ should back air strikes - EU unveils plan to share 160,000 refugees - Send Syrian men back to 'defend' their country - Peters
- 2013 Image - Football Team Of Syrian Refugees and Young Lebanese
Gordon Campbell: On Our Response To The Syrian Refugee Crisis
The full scale of the New Zealand government response to the Syrian refugee crisis – reportedly, the world’s biggest humanitarian challenge since the post-war formation of the UN – has now been revealed.
There is not a lot to be proud of in it. New Zealand will taking in an extra 600 extra refugees from Syria over the next three years (and that’s counting the extra 100 Syria refugees already announced in February) and we will also dedicate 150 places to Syrians within this year’s annual UN refugee quota. Some $48.8 million in fresh money will be allocated to this effort, or roughly $16-20 million per annum, all up. More>>
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Syrian refugee in NZ recalls massacre - Billionaire's 'crazy idea': Buy an island for refugees
600 Extra Places Over 2½ Years: NZ To Take 750 More Syrian Refugees
Of the 750 places, 600 will be by way of a special emergency intake above New Zealand’s annual refugee quota of 750, and 150 places will be offered within the quota. More>>
Refugee Advocacy Group Calls For Permanent Quota Increase A one-off quota increase is the absolute minimum the government could offer, according to Doing Our Bit, a campaign to double New Zealand’s annual refugee quota... “Our call to double the quota is based on New Zealand’s 40% population growth since 1987 and 75% decrease in accepted asylum seekers since a peak around 2001." More>>
MORE:
- Alastair Thompson - PM's Presser : Emergency Syrian Refugee Quota & The Flag
- NZ Govt - NZ ups humanitarian support to Syrian refugees - New Zealand to take 750 more Syrian Refugees - New Zealand to take 750 more Syrian Refugees
- Greens - Green Party calls on Govt to support refugee bill - Green Party will still seek to introduce refugee quota bill - Green Party to introduce refugee quota bill
- United Future - Dunne: a Positive First Step on Refugees
- UNHCR - UNHCR Commends the New Zealand Government for its Response
- Amnesty International - New Zealand to take more Syrian refugees
- Wellington City Council - Increase in refugee intake welcome news
- NGO Disaster Relief Forum - Humanitarian agencies: temporary quota increase a good start
- Image Save the Children on Twitter - Austria and Germany threw open their borders on Saturday...
- Christchurch Progressive Network - Government refugee response piddling – Let us help!
- Palestine Human Rights Campaign - Justice for all refugees
- Dunedin Welcomes Refugees - Dunedin-Welcomes-Refugees - Vigil being organised
- Methodist Church - Methodist President Responds to Refugees
- Out-Link - Mangere awaits its first Syrian arrivals | Radio New Zealand News
- TV3 Video - National to block Greens' refugee Bill - France, UK join Germany to support refugees - Australian refugee announcement expected - Refugees in NZ: How to help - Inside the Mangere Refugee Centre - Key: Syrian refugees need to feel welcome - John Key: NZ to take more Syrian refugees
- Radio NZ Out-Links - Wellington 'ready' for influx of Syrian refugees - Labour ditches its refugee bill - An extra 750 new Syrian refugees will be resettled - France and Germany urge other EU countries to take fair share - Immigration Minister confident resourse wont be stretched - PM says refugee services will be stretched - An Akl Councillor says govt should be careful - Government to accept more refugees - NZ to take 750 more refugees from Syria | Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 7 September 2015
- Labour - Emergency bill could save 750 refugees - NZ response must reflect scale of humanitarian crisis
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa - Anglican Church Diocese of Wellington Refugee Statement
- UNICEF NZ - Children of Syria deserve more than symbolic gestures
- Christchurch Progressive Network - Government refugee response piddling – Let us help!
- Palestine Human Rights Campaign - Justice for all refugees
- Keith Rankin - The Economy: What's it for?
- Change Makers - Open letter to the New Zealand government
- Auckland University - Seminar on the Syrian refugee crisis
- ACT - Free Press ACT’s regular bulletin
Ian Apperly: The Refugees In Strathmore Park, And Why We Need To Take More
My friend is upset. She is Assyrian and has been talking to her aunt in Baghdad and things are not going well. They are trapped inside a suburb the size of Strathmore Park and if they move outside they are likely to be shot. More>>
Gordon
Campbell: On The Lack Of Leadership On
Refugees
John Key still doesn’t get it. At least he’s now talking about raising the UN quota, after – only last Monday – flatly denying that there was any need to do so. Yet even this potential turnaround (the step has yet to be taken ) seems weirdly out of whack. As RNZ has reported:
Mr Key said the Government needed to get good advice before upping its intake in order to ensure other refugees already here were not disadvantaged.
Huh?
Surely, the only way that existing refugees would be
disadvantaged would be if Key upped the intake
without increasing the funds or the services
allocated to meet their needs... More>>
Action Planned:
- TV3 Video - John Key: NZ to take more Syrian refugees
- Labour - Emergency bill could save 750 refugees - NZ response must reflect scale of humanitarian crisis
- Greens - Green Party to introduce refugee quota bill
- UNICEF NZ - Children of Syria deserve more than symbolic gestures
ALSO:
- The Nation - Interview with Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy - Lisa Owen interviews UNHCR spokesperson Ariane Rummery - Nation Bites: Refugee Crisis & Quota, Devoy, Hungary & Genev - Lisa Owen interviews Helen Clark
- TVNZ - Calls for NZ to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees
- Gordon Campbell - Gordon Campbell on Refugees, the Flag and Bo Diddley - Gordon Campbell on the government’s response to the refugee crisis in Europe
- Keith Rankin - The Migration Crisis in Europe, Africa and Asia
- Out-Link - 'They’re all human beings' | Radio NZ
- Out-Link - Andrew Geddis: Guts, guts, got no guts | Pundit
- Out-Link - To have a home • Hard News • Public Address
- Branko Marcetic - NZ and the current refugee crisis
- The Scoop Team - PM Post-Cab Conference: Flag Shortlist, Business Confidence
- Labour - Key’s refugee response at odds with Kiwi traditions - John Key: where is your conscience? - Government must do more to help global refugee crisis
- Greens - Key’s lack of compassion appalling - PM must ensure NZ takes in full 825 refugee allocation - John Key once again wrong on refugee numbers
- United Future - Dunne: Government Has Got Refugee Stance Wrong
- NZ Young Nationals - Young Nats Call on Government to Review Refugee Quota
- Wellington City Council - New Zealand Mayors to seek increase in refugee quota
- Porirua City Council - Porirua Mayor says take more refugees
- University of Waikato - PM’s refugee stance untenable
- Human Rights Commission - Commission urges Kiwis to stand up for refugees - Awesome Aucklanders at the helm of Diversity Forum
- Christian World Service - Government Must Front Up on Refugees
- UNICEF - United action needed now for child refugees: UNICEF - The child migrant and refugee crisis in Europe - UNICEF NZ calling on NZers to Stand with Children of Syria
- WagePeace - A One-Off Emergency Refugee In-Take Won’t Cut It
- NZ Psychological Society - The Refugee Crisis
- Out-Link - New Zealand Red Cross - No food, no water, no mercy
- Image Lyndon Hood - Cartoons: Refugees, Flags and What I Stand For
- World Vision NZ - World Vision appeals for funds for refugee crisis
- Oxfam NZ - NZ to Take More Syrian Refugees According to UNHCR
- NZMA - NZMA calls for more refugee support
- UN News - Austria and Germany to take in thousands of refugees
- Peace Action Wellington - Refugee crisis result from US wars
- Jamal Kanj - The birth of the European refugee crisis
- Multicultural NZ - Report on “Our Multicultural Future”
- TV3 Video - John Key: NZ to take more Syrian refugees - Opinion: NZ refugee quota 'shameful' - Refugees struggle to reunite with family - Is NZ doing right by the refugees it does take? - Thousands of refugees remain in Budapest train station - Govt to allow 100 Syrian refugees - UNHCR - Red Cross: NZ can help refugees in Asia - Protestor to Key: 'Do to others as we did to your mother' - Syrian boy's father: 'My children slipped through my hands' - Refugee quota boost may not help Syrians: Collins - Hungary 'tricked' migrants onto train - How many is too many refugees? - Murdoch Stephens: extended interview - Govt considers upping refugee quota - 'Stubborn' National alone in refugee debate - PM 'insensitive' over refugee refusal: Labour - Govt's support parties join refugee quota call - Upping quotas won't solve refugee crisis - expert - Urgent meetings on Europe's migrant crisis - EU leaders to discuss migrant crisis - Truck packed with migrants stopped in Austria - Austria's migrant truck tragedy continues
- Radio NZ Audio Out-Links - Humanitarian crisis in Europe as refugees pour into the EU - Migrants now settled in NZ want Govt to raise refugee quota - Refugees locked out of Hungary's train station - A Govt support partner wants the PM to raise the refugee quota - A Syrian NZer working with migrants thinks quota is embarassing - Red Cross joining voices calling for increase of refugee quota - Scathing Senate report into Nauru detention centre conditions - Amnesty International unimpressed with PM's refugee stance
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