Migrant Workers
Jul 6 2009, Byron Clark

The Press is reporting that migrant workers made redundant are being forced out of New Zealand in droves or ending up destitute on the streets. Mike Bell, director of the Skilled Migrant Information and Resource Centre in Christchurch said the...

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