Islanders told to go
A total of 1281 Pacific Island overstayers who registered under the Government’s stay of proceedings have so far been refused permanent residence in New Zealand. Announcing this yesterday, the Minister of Immigration (Mr Gill) said that by last Friday 2346 of the 4647 applications had been examined- Permanent residence had been recommended for 1065 of them and the remainder would have to return to the
Islands within the next three to six months. Mr Gill said all cases were being considered on their individual merits and it was not possible to predict what proportion would ultimately be permitted to stay. Most of the overstayers refused residence were single people or males with dependent relatives in their home countries, Mr Gill said in a statement. Most of the group had arrived during the past two years.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19760917.2.6
Bibliographic details
Press, 17 September 1976, Page 1
Word Count
139Islanders told to go Press, 17 September 1976, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.