31 Jan 2019

The Indian students who say New Zealand failed them

From Morning Report, 7:14 am on 31 January 2019
The Indian students and their supporters outside the Auckland Unitary Church in Ponsonby.

The Indian students and their supporters outside the Auckland Unitary Church in Ponsonby. Photo: RNZ / Rowan Quinn

A group of Indian students who were deported from New Zealand say their lives are ruined, and Labour MPs who promised to help have abandoned them. Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little publicly supported nine students two years ago when it was announced they were to be deported. Now, some of the students are speaking out, saying they feel like they were pawns of Labour electioneering.