Refugee and protection
Refugees arrive in New Zealand under our quota, as family members or as asylum-seekers. We work to settle refugees successfully into their new communities, helping them to use health, housing and employment services.
Supporting refugees and asylum seekers
Each year New Zealand receives about 1500 people through the Refugee Quota Programme, 600 through the Refugee Family Support Category and a number of convention refugees onshore. Individuals may also come through the extended Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORs) pilot, or one-off humanitarian interventions such as the Afghan Response.
Our strategies and projects
- How we support migrants
- New Zealand Refugee Resettlement Strategy
- Supporting refugees and asylum seekers
- Refugee and protection
- Information for refugees settling in New Zealand
- Experiences of refugees in New Zealand
- Asylum seekers
- The Language Assistance Services Programme
- Improving our processes for asylum seekers
Information for refugees settling in New Zealand
Refugees under our quota and conventions meet a new culture and different workplace conditions in New Zealand. We offer help to resettle them into the community.
Experiences of refugees in New Zealand
A series of videos where refugees talk about their experiences when they first arrived in New Zealand.
Asylum seekers
Refugees who successfully seek asylum in New Zealand may live here permanently. We examine each claim individually before granting refugee status