Winston campaigning for more illegal immigrants into NZ
Stuff reports:
With a fiery show outside Parliament, politicians heard how “discriminatory” immigration rules mean Pacific Islanders are being blocked from attending funerals, graduations, and other important events in New Zealand. …
Unlike travellers from more than 60 other nations, who can get online travel authority (NZeTAs), travellers from the Pacific face far more stringent paperwork to enter New Zealand.
This is because the overstaying rates from those countries are high. I blogged previously how 1 in 50 people from Samoa and Tonga illegally overstay and effectively become illegal immigrants.
These rules have been a long-lasting barrier for families split across New Zealand and other Pacific islands. But it could soon change, with NZ First leader Winston Peters promising to try and change the rules by the end of the year.
Make no mistake about what this means. It means Winston is advocating for a policy that will open up the borders to thousands more illegal immigrants.
“All the Pacific people want is a fair go, according to what other nations are getting. And they’re not getting it,” Peters told reporters, outside Parliament on Wednesday.
He said it was “a disgrace” that New Zealand made it so hard for people to visit from the Pacific.
Here’s a simple solution. Any country that has an overstaying rate of say less than 0.25% gets automatic visitation rights to New Zealand. So if a Pacific country doesn’t have a lot of overstayers in NZ, they get to join the countries that basically get visa free travel. However if the rate goes over 0.25% then that country loses that right. Have this apply to all countries, not just the Pacific. That would be fair.
But Winston is calling for countries with the highest levels of overstaying (by a factor of 10) to get visa free entry into NZ. It is opening the borders to huge numbers of illegal immigrants.
So a vote for NZ First is a vote for more illegal immigration. They want less legal immigration and more illegal immigration.
UPDATE:
I asked ChatGPT to make me a billboard based on Winston’s new policy. I hope you all like it.
