Tag: Immigration
Greens support action on Zimbabwe
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is backing Prime Minister Helen Clark's call for stronger action against the Mugabe regime.
Release asylum seekers now!
Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has called for the immediate release of detained asylum seekers, following a High Court decision that most of them are illegally held.
Refugee legislation an affront to High Court
Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke is asking the government not to proceed this week with refugee legislation that he says would prejudge a case currently before the High Court.
Dalziel deceiving public over refugee detentions – Locke
Green Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has called on Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel to release those asylum seekers currently detained in New Zealand, following a High Court decision on Friday.
Transnational Crime Bill undermines freedom of association
Green MP Keith Locke is concerned that the Transnational Organised Crime Bill could lead to New Zealanders being found 'guilty by association' through membership of a gang.
New Zealand should take more Tampa refugees – Locke
Green Party Immigration Spokesperson Keith Locke wants New Zealand to take more Afghan refugees from the ship Tampa.
Why so few Asians on the beat?
Figures from the Police Minister show that New Zealanders of Asian origin are woefully under-represented on the police force, Green Party Immigration spokesperson, Keith Locke said today.
Open the refugee prisons
A High Court challenge to the detention and incarceration of asylum seekers is being backed by Green Party immigration spokesperson Keith Locke.
Transnational Organised Crime Bill
KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Greens will be supporting this bill going to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, but we, too, have some concerns about provisions in it.