Number of visa applications in New Zealand has risen after terrorist attack

The image of the “peaceful New Zealand” changed drastically after the terrorist attack in Christchurch, but that means foreigners are apparently not there to apply for a visa. On the contrary: the number of visa applications to the peaks since the attack.

While there are ten days before the attack 4.844 visa applications poured in, there were ten days after the fatal day, but preferably 6.457. These requests are mainly from Americans. But also citizens of Pakistan and Malaysia asked visa. This is evident from official figures from the New Zealand immigration service.

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What makes the country so attractive just after a horrific attack? Especially the reaction of the government and the New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern harvest a lot of praise. The female prime minister visited not only the two mosques (with a hijab), but also the families of the victims. The woman was not ashamed of her emotions and left her in tears (several times) run free. “This is quite different than Trump, this is the kind of female leadership that the world needs”, it sounded to her numerous supporters on Twitter.

he also made Ardern immediately go to work to a stricter weapons law in New Zealand. And that appreciate the 1.165 Americans that the past few days, a visa aanvraagden. Not for nothing is Ardern also be the “anti-Trump”. the

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