More Immigration heads must roll.

Press Release
27 August 2009

Kiwi Immigration Watch spokespersons Bernie Ogilvy, and Allan Hughes, are calling upon the government to retake control of Immigration New Zealand, in the wake of the Court decision filed by Hon Tuariki Delamere.

The potential for losses to the New Zealand taxpayer by way of compensation for over nine years of wrongful deportations will not help the fragile financial recovery of our country. The shear scale of the problem could dwarf the compensation shouldered already by ratepayers now being paid out to victims of leaky homes, said Mr Ogilvy.

“Heads must roll to join Mary-Anne Thompsons.

“The whole management, from the Secretary of Labour downwards, needs to be held accountable and responsible for the deliberate misleading legal advice, which led to the present situation occurring. The government and its Minister for Immigration needs to act urgently, before this culture of rottenness spreads any further or continues for any longer,” Ogilvy and Hughes said.

Kiwi Immigration Watch

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