May 19, 2022 | Policy Commons Blog
By Tim Fadgen –Part II— In my last post, I summarised the Victoria Casey QC’s assessment of the New Zealand government’s practice of detaining asylum seekers and MBIE’s recent choice to (largely) accept this criticism and to enact changes to improve New...
May 18, 2022 | Policy Commons Blog
By Tim Fadgen –Part I– On 3 May 2022, the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) accepted recommendations made in review of its practice of detaining asylum seekers. The review, conducted by Victoria Casey QC, was initiated at the request...
Oct 24, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Dr Tim Fadgen – As local and regional conflicts persist around the globe, and as environmental disasters become more frequent and increasingly severe, refugees are on the move. Concurrently, many nations and states around the world have signalled that people...