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Labour mobility and migration

Temporary migrant workers make up the bulk of the seasonal workforce on farms in developed countries (Tony Webster/ Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

24 July 2020

Why do Canada and Germany allow in seasonal and other workers, but Australia and New Zealand do not?

by Richard Curtain

Recent graduation after work-ready training geared towards labour mobility. Organised in collaboration with the Vanuatu Labour Department, Pacific Labour Facility and APTC.

24 July 2020

APTC and the pandemic

by Soli Middleby and Mere Nailatikau

SWP workers are located across a vast geographic area (DESE presentation at SWP Liaison Officers’ Workshop, March 2020)

24 July 2020

Why do large labour hire companies dominate the SWP?

by Richard Curtain and Stephen Howes

A team of ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers stranded in New Zealand (Pete Bumseng)

21 July 2020

Stuck in New Zealand: the experiences of Pacific seasonal workers

by Rochelle Bailey

Stethoscope (Hush Naidoo Unsplash)

15 July 2020

Medicare, family separation and temporary migrants

by Holly Lawton

Seasonal workers waiting for their repatriation flight from New Zealand (Saksak Temar)

10 July 2020

RSE COVID-19 responses, getting Pacific seasonal workers home

by Charlotte Bedford

Workers being transferred from Central Otago to Blenheim and enjoying the snow on the way (Credit: Saksak Temar)

9 July 2020

RSE COVID-19 responses, supporting seasonal workers in New Zealand

by Charlotte Bedford

Past participants in the SWP from Kiribati (Credit: DFAT/Flickr CC BY 2.0)

19 June 2020

Pacific labour mobility in the media spotlight

by Stephen Howes

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