Nation Bites: Refugee Crisis & Quota, Devoy, With Hungary & Geneva Interviews

UNHCR says New Zealand's agreed to take 100 Syrian refugees

UNHCR says NZ has agreed to take 100 Syrian refugees, but the NZ Prime Minister's office is refusing to confirm or deny.

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Devoy calls for emergency refugee intake & to double NZ's quota

Race Relation Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy adds to calls for NZ to take more refugees and says lack of funding for our support agencies is "appalling"

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How would New Zealand pay for an increase in refugees?

Dame Susan Devoy says if we can afford a flag referendum and bail our finance companies, we can "find a way" to help refugees.

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How images of Aylan Kurdi changed our view of the refugee crisis

Red Cross aid worker Stephen Ryan in Budapest says the pictures of Syrian three year-old Aylan Kurdi remind us these are families crossing Europe.

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Aid worker walking with the refugees in Hungary

Stephen Ryan of the International Red Cross has been walking with the refugees across Hungary, towards Austria

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What would a comprehensive plan for the refugee crisis look like?

UNHCR's Ariane Rummery says refugees only risking lives on boats because they think it's safer than staying where they are and that we need more "legal channels" for asylum.

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