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New Zealand has one of the lowest numbers of refugees per capita in the world — there is room for many more

  • Written by Jay Marlowe, Associate Professor, Co-Director Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, University of Auckland
New Zealand has one of the lowest numbers of refugees per capita in the world — there is room for many morePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern marks World Refugee Day 2020 at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre in Auckland.GettyImages

When COVID-19 forced New Zealand to shut its borders, it left refugees we had committed to resettle in precarious circumstances with shattered hopes.

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