The Colour of Risk: New Zealand’s Immigration System and the Ethnic Logic It Won’t Name

New Zealand immigration system risk assessment by nationality

Nationality is how New Zealand’s immigration system talks about ethnicity. The data tells a different story. A familiar pattern plays out on migrant Facebook groups when people ask why they, or their family members, were declined visas to New Zealand. Most replies focus on policy clauses and technical requirements — often from immigration advisers and […]