Immigration fast-tracks visas for victims' families

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 21 March 2019

Immigration New Zealand is fast-tracking the visas of overseas family members of those killed in the Christchurch shootings. They say they've issued more than one-hundred and have set-up a special processing system to handle all the requests. Some relatives of victims say they need their families to stay longer than a visitor visa allows and are asking for special dispensation from Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway. The Minister declined to come on the programme. But Immigration lawyer Alastair McClymont says the minister can legally do pretty much whatever he wants when it comes to granting special dispensation.