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OPINION: The dark, racist flipside to blanket refugee acceptance

Accepting refugees is one thing, but try to think in their shoes for a second.
 
NBR reporter Nathan Smith talks about the refugee situation on NBR Radio and on demand on MyNBR Radio.

Mon, 07 Sep 2015

It might sound nice that New Zealand is increasing its refugee quota but there’s a dark flipside no one is talking about.

Prime Minister John Key has been under pressure to increase this country’s refugee quota from 750 per year, where it has been since 1987, to perhaps 1500. After initially

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