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“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.”
[…] 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.
“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.
“If there were good reasons not to help them I think the government should be upfront about that too.
“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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