by Jason Lane | May 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Threat of Securitisation By Akanksha Munshi-Kurian Aspirations for a close-knit international community and a globalised, multilateral order have been under siege for some time now. Britain formally exited the European Union in a breath-takingly impulsive display...
by Jason Lane | May 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
The difference between a quota refugee, a person seeking asylum, and convention refugee By Amy Christian Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution”. Unfortunately, not...
by Jason Lane | May 6, 2020 | Uncategorised
Te Ao Māori Perspectives on Seeking Asylum By Clair Caird Like other settler colonial societies, Aotearoa New Zealand has excluded indigenous perspectives on immigration. Despite being treaty partners, Māori have almost no opportunity to influence immigration...
by Jason Lane | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorised
A kōrero with Wellington Mayor Justin Lester Thursday the 15th of August marked a special day for us at the Wellington Community Justice Project and Asylum Seekers Equality Project, as we had the pleasure of engaging in kōrero with Wellington Mayor Justin Lester on...
by Jason Lane | Jul 9, 2019 | Uncategorised
What Can New Zealand Do To Help Climate Change Asylum Seekers? Under New Zealand’s treaty obligations, we are legally able to take asylum seekers based on a “well founded fear” of persecution as defined in the 1951 Refugee Convention. Although this is a statement that...
