The Government's "expedient crackdown" on immigrationThe general political reaction to the Minister of Immigration Michael Woodhouse's announcement of changes to immigration settings has been to see it as a pragmatic response to electoral pressure. Today the Otago Daily Times concludes that "The immigration changes are strictly down to political advantage: nothing more, nothing less" - see its editorial, Immigration expediency. The changes are being made because National Party polling has indicated immigration is a hot-button issue for party supporters. And one politician is calling a plague on both Labour and National's immigration policy opportunism - see Peter Dunne's blog post, Migration & Police - Bad Policy but Good Politics. Finally, for a satirical view of the various debates in New Zealand about immigration, see my blog post, Cartoons about immigration in New Zealand.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 13, 2016 02:03 UTC