Important update on November 26th, 2024
Since July 2022, a programme has been in effect between Australia and New Zealand allowing eligible refugees subject to offshore processing to express interest in resettlement to New Zealand. The programme was for people transferred offshore by Australia between 19 July 2013 and 31 December 2014, and who were in Nauru or Australia. The programme provided for up to 450 eligible refugees to be resettled to New Zealand between July 2022 and June 2025.
Based on expressions of interest received to date, this programme is at capacity. As of November 26th, 2024, UNHCR is unable to process any new expressions of interest.
If you believe that you otherwise would have been eligible for this programme, and would be interested in being considered for any similar programme should future opportunities arise, you may nevertheless register your details here in an abbreviated form. UNHCR will retain this information only for purposes of contacting you should a new opportunity arise. Submitting your information here is not a formal expression of interest, nor does it mean that you will be considered for resettlement. In the abbreviated form, you will be asked for basic identity information, contact details, and information about the date and context of your arrival in Australia.
Outside the scope of the Australia-New Zealand resettlement arrangement, UNHCR continues its work for those remaining in Papua New Guinea.
If you would like to register your details so that UNHCR may contact you if a future opportunity arises, please proceed here: Abbreviated Resettlement Interest Form