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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-419/
- Published: 2021-08-16T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-17T10:28:43.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, World, World Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

> “Ardern told media this morning ‘we have to make decisions quickly,’ – quickly would have been months ago… Canada got the Afghan people who helped them out last month.”  
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> \[…\] Leader David Seymour said Immigration Minister **Kris Faafoi** in July should not have rejected applications from Afghan people if they assisted the Defence Force, and he should explain the grounds he rejected them on.  
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> “If these people have been **abandoned to grotesque death** after helping New Zealand due to procrastination at ministerial level I don’t think anyone in good conscience could carry on as the minister.  
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> “If there were good reasons not to help them I think the government should be upfront about that too.  
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> “These people were tractor drivers, labourers, cleaners and cooks for our Defence Force. Today they are fearing for their lives because of the assistance they gave New Zealand,” he said.  
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> [rnz.co.nz/news/political/449267/political-parties-urge-government-to-support-afghan-nationals](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/449267/political-parties-urge-government-to-support-afghan-nationals?ref=goodoil.news)

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Ardern told media yesterday morning ‘we have to make decisions quickly,’ – quickly would have been months ago… Canada got the Afghan people who helped them out last month.”