Dozens of employers under Immigration NZ investigation for alleged immigration fraud

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11876111


More than 60 employers are being investigated by Immigration New Zealand for alleged immigration fraud, it has been revealed today.
The figure emerged when Labour's immigration spokesman Iain Lees-Galloway asked Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse how many employers were being investigated, or were marked for investigation for potential immigration fraud.
Woodhouse replied that he had been told Immigration New Zealand was investigating 64 employers.
"There are also nine employers being prosecuted by INZ who are currently before the courts."
Lees-Galloway also asked Woodhouse to break down the businesses under investigation by industry, but that was turned down.
To do so would take staff too long and he was "not prepared to commit the resources required to respond", Woodhouse said.
The Herald revealed today emails from Immigration NZ staff in India, obtained by the Labour Party under the Official Information Act, expressed concern about an "exploitation/facilitation triangle" in which Indian education agents, NZ educational institutions and Kiwi employers were all making money from Indian students.
Some students had threatened self-harm and were sleeping in cars because they did not earn enough to buy food.
Immigration NZ visa services manager Jock Gilray told the Herald cases of students threatening self-harm and sleeping in cars still "happen on occasion but is not believed to be widespread".
But he said the "exploitation/facilitation triangle" had been "significantly diminished" after the agency detected widespread fraud in student applications from India last year, leading to tighter auditing of education agents, NZ schools and employers.

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