New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
Jay Marlowe
Why has New Zealand welcomed people fleeing Ukraine, but not those from Afghanistan, Myanmar, elsewhere?
The government’s quick response towards Ukrainian refugees prompts tough questions of who is deserving of protection and who is less so
Its move is disproportionate to recent conflicts in other parts of the world, highlighting how racism often operates in implicit and, at times, explicit ways