Category: Media releases
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Family in limbo due to ablest health requirements hands over petition
Migrants Against the Acceptable Standard of Health Aotearoa 5 May, for immediate release Yesterday, a Christchurch family from Chile who have been battling immigration for almost 7 years so their daughter Ignacia who has a learning disability can stay in the country handed over a 3350 signature-strong petition to Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March. Under…
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Family facing ableist migration discrimination delivers petition to be reunited
28 April, for immediate release Update: Watch the petition hand-over here. Read Gail and Allan Alfonzo’s powerful hand-over speech here. A family torn apart for six years because of migration rules that discriminate against disabled people are delivering a petition to be reunited in Aotearoa. Allan Alfonzo has been living in Auckland since 2016, running…
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Collective launches campaign to end ableist migration rules
A group of migrants, refugees and families directly impacted by migration discrimination are launching a campaign #EndASHNow calling to scrap ableist migration rules. Under the Acceptable Standard of Health or ASH, migrants with disabilities, health conditions and health needs are viewed as financial costs to health or education services, not as contributing members of society.…
End ASH Now 