Quotation for Today, Saturday June 6

Mr Brady said the Pacific division operated in isolation from the rest of the service and “adherence to proper processes was sometimes poor”.

This meant visa and service permit decisions were of a “significantly lower quality” than elsewhere in the service.

The problems were known about and the Labour Department did not deal with them effectively or early enough.

Comment in an NZPA story on NZ Herald website regarding Auditor General report into Immigration Service.

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