New Zealand to resume taking refugees a year after Covid border closure
by Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#5DSDB)
Thirty-five will arrive in February, with a total of 210 expected to enter by June; all will be required to quarantine for 14 days
New Zealand will start receiving refugees again this month, nearly a year after it shut its borders to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government says.
A group of 35 refugees will arrive in February, with a total of about 210 refugees expected to have entered the country by 30 June, Immigration New Zealand and officials said on Friday.
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