New Zealand Remigration White Paper

Executive Summary

This White Paper outlines a three-phase remigration policy adapted from Martin Sellner’s Remigation framework by think-tank Right Minds NZ. It prioritises the removal of illegal migrants and criminal non-citizens, reform of legal immigration, and long-term management of non-assimilation.

The approach draws on enforcement and incentive models advancing in the United States and European countries.

New Zealand was founded through European settlement in partnership with Māori. By implementing this positive legal framework our nation will restore demographic stability and social cohesion to ensure ethno-cultural continuity.

Introduction

New Zealand has experienced rapid demographic change. Foreign-born residents comprise approximately 29% of the population, while visa overstayers number around 21,000. Comparable remigration and mass deportation measures are under active implementation in the United States under the current administration and in European nations including Italy and those aligned with parties such as Germany’s AfD.

The policy is structured in three phases over decades, beginning with immediate enforcement and progressing to longer-term cultural and demographic measures. It remains flexible to accommodate varying levels of public support.

Phase 1: Removal of Illegals and Criminal Non-Citizens

1. Mandate deportation of all 21,000 overstayers and illegal migrants.
2. Require fast-track deportation of all criminal non-citizens upon conviction of a crime, with no appeals. Secure readmission agreements and apply diplomatic pressure on countries of origin.
3. Significantly expand immigration enforcement.

This phase mirrors immediate border enforcement and deportation drives currently underway in the United States and parts of Europe. A number of these points are being campaigned on by parliamentary parties in New Zealand.

Phase 2: Reform of Legal Immigration and Residency

1. Restrict inward migration and prioritise ethno-culturally aligned sources such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Pacific. Implement an immigration Red List for high-risk countries that are a common source of criminals and scammers.
2. Achieve sustained net negative migration of non-citizens from non-aligned sources. Current data shows the level of non-citizen outflows at 50,000 per year.
3. Stop issuing permanent residency to foreigners from ethno-culturally incompatible countries.
4. Revoke residency for individuals failing to meet functional English standards, economic contribution, and cultural integration standards.
5. Restrict the vote to citizens only and raise citizenship standards through a residency period of at least 15 years, rigorous English proficiency requirements, integration assessments, and demonstrated self-sufficiency.
6. End access to welfare, superannuation, and most public benefits for non-citizens, including refugees who now have safe homelands to return to.
7. Reform our refugee programme inline with the United States to meet our quota obligations with ethno-culturally compatible refugees only.
8. Strictly tie temporary work visa programmes to shortages and seasonal labour needs without residency pathways.

This phase ends legal mass migration and replaces it with a permanent policy framework that puts the interests of New Zealanders first. These reforms will drive further voluntary departures through reduced incentives and support.

Phase 3: Long-Term Demographic Restoration

The goal of this phase is restoration of healthy national pride. Alongside positive national unity programmes, policy will target unassimilable individuals and communities, measured by welfare dependency, disproportionate crime involvement, parallel societies, or divided loyalties. Two main approaches are available:

1. A focus on behavioural and cultural compatibility.
2. A broader demographic approach recognising patterns of ethno-cultural compatibility.

Implementation emphasises voluntary returns supported by financial incentives, relocation assistance, and dedicated remigration centres. Cultural measures will end policies that sustain separatism and instead promote national cohesion. The phase is deliberately open-ended, permitting scaling from targeted removals of clear burdens to more comprehensive demographic restoration according to democratic consensus and demonstrated outcomes.

Conclusion

From the first phase this policy framework will lead to reduced crime, stronger social cohesion, the lifting of domestic wages, and increased employment. Exorbitant property prices will reduce drastically and strain on public services will ease. Traffic congestion will improve, waiting times in hospitals will decrease, and pressure on schools will ease.

This framework provides a clear, adaptable strategy to regain control of New Zealand’s demographic future. By adapting measures already in progress elsewhere, it combines enforcement with incentives in a manner consistent with national sovereignty and international law.