Citizenship and Immigration committee  But there is a right at any stage to lodge an application for a writ of habeas corpus under the Habeas Corpus Act in New Zealand.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we have the capacity in our Immigration Act 2009 to enter into agreements with third countries that potentially refugee claimants would travel to New Zealand through. If we enter into such agreements, we'll be able to return people to those safe third countries for asylum cl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I know of no discussions.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As the committee may or may not be aware, New Zealand has a Bill of Rights Act. It's not higher law, but all government bills are assessed against the Bill of Rights Act by another government department and by the crown law office. One of the provisions of our Bill of Rights Ac