Last year, we tried to identify as accurately as possible the number of people with a Pacific...
Category - Pacific migration and labour mobility
When a family member works overseas: the good, the bad, and the...
Every year, thousands of low- and semi-skilled workers from the Pacific and Timor-Leste find short...
The Opposition’s opposition to the Pacific Engagement Visa
Yesterday in Australia’s Parliament the Opposition decided to oppose the supporting...
Family accompaniment: divided employer views
This year, Australia’s Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme will start to allow long...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Pacific seasonal workers picking up the...
When Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle descended on the north and eastern coasts of New Zealand’s North...
Migration seems to be shifting gender norms in Tonga
As in many countries, in Tonga gender equity can be a complicated and even contradictory issue. The...
Tongans support labour mobility
This blog answers two simple questions: how do migrant sending communities feel about temporary...
The Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting: finding its feet
In early November, over 150 delegates from around the Pacific, including government and employer...
Further growth in onshore asylum applications from the Pacific
We have been talking about Pacific workers applying for asylum in Australia since December 2020...
Growing pains: Samoa’s participation in New Zealand and...
Samoa has consistently been one of the top three suppliers of labour under New Zealand’s Recognised...