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Doing Our Bit
Campaign to double New Zealand's refugee quota and funding.
New Zealand's refugee quota has not increased since it was established in 1987. Since then our population has grown by more than a million places. The United Nations ranks us at 87th in the world for hosting refugees per capita, and this drops to 113th if we factor in GDP. On 1 July 2016 the National government will announce what the quota will be for 2016-19. Join us to tell them it is time for an increase.
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Double the quota campaigner praises government
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 1:48 pm | Doing Our Bit
The Doing Our Bit campaign praises the coalition government for their commitment to increase the refugee quota to 1500 places. More >>
English ignores child refugees in favour of tax cuts
Monday, 31 July 2017, 11:05 am | Doing Our Bit
The Prime Minister's comments on not increasing the refugee quota because of jobs ignores the large number of children who are refugees but not looking for work. More >>
Green refugee policy brings NZ into line with Australia
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 8:34 am | Doing Our Bit
Any shock at the Green party policy to increase the refugee quota to 4000 places should focus on why our intake has been so low for so long. More >>
Wellington performers support refugee campaign
Monday, 29 May 2017, 2:31 pm | Doing Our Bit
Award-winning poet Hera Lindsay Bird will join three critically acclaimed Wellington bands for a concert to support the campaign to double New Zealand’s refugee quota this Saturday. More >>
Double the quota campaign brings back telethon zest
Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 2:27 pm | Doing Our Bit
The earthquake cordon is down on Tory St, the election year has begun and it is time to dig deep to welcome more refugees to New Zealand. More >>
Vigil for murdered asylum seeker coincides with Aus PM visit
Friday, 17 February 2017, 11:51 am | Doing Our Bit
Dozens of Wellingtonians held a vigil outside the Australian High Commission on Friday to mark the third anniversary of the murder of Reza Berati. More >>
Gvmnt's prudence on refugees merely disguised callousness
Monday, 13 June 2016, 2:52 pm | Doing Our Bit
The tiny increase to the refugee quota, which will only begin in two years time, does not even make up for population growth in the three decades that the quota has remained unchanged. More >>
Labour to be applauded for lead on refugee quota
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 11:10 am | Doing Our Bit
Today’s formal announcement of Labour’s policy to double New Zealand’s refugee quota has been welcomed by refugee advocate group Doing Our Bit. More >>
Nationwide tour speaks to doubling refugee quota
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 10:27 am | Doing Our Bit
A discussion of the review of New Zealand’s refugee quota will travel to eight New Zealand cities in February and March. More >>
Wednesday morning vigil for asylum seekers
Tuesday, 16 February 2016, 3:39 pm | Doing Our Bit
Two years on from the murder of an asylum seeker under Australian care on Manus Island, protests against the camps reach New Zealand. More >>
Vigil for asylum seeker murdered in Australian detention
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 12:38 pm | Doing Our Bit
A vigil to mark two years since the murder of an asylum seeker while under Australian protection will be held this Thursday in Wellington. More >>
Refugee advocacy group calls for permanent quota increase
Monday, 7 September 2015, 3:59 pm | Doing Our Bit
A one-off quota increase is the absolute minimum the government could offer, according to Doing Our Bit, a campaign to double New Zealand’s annual refugee quota. More >>
Refugee advocate seeks assurances of evidence-based review
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 11:05 am | Doing Our Bit
Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show the 2013 advice to Cabinet on the refugee quota was based on the preferences of the Prime Minister and did not allow for the relevant Ministers or Immigration officials to put forward a previously ... More >>
Key sees tripled quota of refugees as the right level
Monday, 22 June 2015, 9:20 am | Doing Our Bit
Interviewed by Paul Henry on RadioLive this morning the Prime Minister said the right level for refugees, once family reunification is considered, was the present level of ‘three or four thousand’ per year. More >>
New refugee bill a chance for New Zealand to do its bit
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 9:35 am | Doing Our Bit
The private members bill launched on Wednesday the 17th of June by Denise Roche of the Green Party is a chance for New Zealand to show it remains committed to helping some of the world’s most vulnerable people. More >>
Vigil on anniversary of murder of asylum seeker Reza Berati
Tuesday, 17 February 2015, 9:04 pm | Doing Our Bit
On Tuesday 17 February forty New Zealanders turned up at the Australian High Commission in Wellington to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Reza Berati’s death at the Manus Island detention centre. They gathered to also pay homage to Australian ... More >>
Wellington vigil marks 1st anniversary of Reza Berati murder
Monday, 16 February 2015, 10:13 pm | Doing Our Bit
On Tuesday, 17 February from 8am Wellingtonians will mark the one year anniversary of the murder of asylum seeker Reza Berati. They will gather outside the Australian High Commission to show solidarity for Australian activists seeking to shut down ... More >>
Key to send troops to Iraq but won’t budge on refugee ban
Friday, 6 February 2015, 11:32 am | Doing Our Bit
The Prime Minister’s Waitangi-eve speech invoked the human rights of the people of Iraq. “We are a country that stands up for human rights,” Key said in defending his decision to send troops to Iraq. However, despite his publicly stated concern ... More >>
Key’s multicultural society excludes refugees
Monday, 30 June 2014, 10:23 am | Doing Our Bit
Recent comments by John Key show that his version of a multicultural New Zealand is one that ignores New Zealand’s responsibilities to refugees and other countries that host significantly more. More >>
Refugee policy may damage NZ bid for UN seat
Monday, 10 February 2014, 10:38 am | Doing Our Bit
Government’s race-based refugee policy may damage NZ bid for UN Security Council seat More >>
