Alastair McClymont

Alastair is an Auckland-based veteran immigration law specialist with a particular interest in human rights and immigration ethics.

Opinion: Who belongs? The question at the heart of ACT’s plan to scrap permanent residence

Instead of addressing structural problems, we are getting proposals increasingly concerned with distinguishing between us and them.

Out Loud: If New Zealand wants migrants to belong, it must allow them to belong

Social cohesion is often presented as something migrants must deliver to the host society. It is not.

Khalistan, asylum and bad faith: What NZ's new immigration bill really changes

Aggressively targeting perceived abuse of asylum pathways risks excluding those who are genuinely in need of protection.

Opinion: New Zealand wants migrant labour, not migrants. That's not done

If New Zealand continues to depend on migrant workers, it must recognise them as future members of the society.

Erica Stanford wants to flush out overstayers. Political thinkers have long warned about this playbook

Governments frequently justify expansions of state power by emphasising perceived threats.

Opinion: Erica Stanford’s overstayer crackdown puts civil liberties of migrants at stake

The law change makes a distinction between the civil rights New Zealand residents enjoy based on their ethnicity, their language, or their choice of occupation.