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Claims that Behrouz Boochani jumped the queue are a reminder of the dangers of anti-refugee politics

  • Written by Jeremy Moses, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Canterbury

Perhaps predictably, last week’s announcement that Behrouz Boochani had been granted refugee status in New Zealand quickly became election campaign fodder.

Both National Party leader Judith Collins and NZ First leader Winston Peters alluded to Boochani being a “queue-jumper” and the beneficiary of elite favouritism.

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