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These are written submissions used to accompany Alastair McClymont’s submission to the New Zealand Parliamentary Select Committee hearing on Migrant Worker Exploitation in early 2022, making the argument that the root cause of Migrant Worker Exploitation are new Zealand’s own Immigration policies.
This is a copy of a letter I sent to The Prime Minister, Minister of Immigration and other Party Leaders. It makes the case for New Zealand to amend its Birthright Citizenship laws to bring them in line with those in Australia, UK, Europe and North American countries. The Minister of Immigration responded on behalf of the Prime Minister, however failed to address the ethical issues involved. The Green Party have adopted the proposal as policy and the Labour Party have to date ignored this letter, although their Immigration Spokesperson expressed support in the media to my proposal.
This is a paper I prepared as part of my Contemporary Political Philosophy research at the University of Canterbury examining any possible basis for denying children born in New Zealand citizenship. I concluded that the law lacked any ethical or empirical justification.