Police called to calm tensions at Christchurch refugee event

Tensions over the way a Canterbury refugee organisation is run erupted at the weekend. About a dozen protestors from the city’s Somali, Ethiopian, and Afghan communities disrupted the World Refugee Day event at Hagley College on Saturday afternoon. The dispute centres on the exclusion of some people from membership of the Canterbury Refugee Resettlement and… Continue reading Police called to calm tensions at Christchurch refugee event