From article:
“If we were to shut our doors today, they would be homeless with no food,” Christina Lane, a support worker for the Asylum Seekers Support Trust (ASST), said of her clients.
The charity relies on donations to help about 400 asylum seekers across the country, including those who had been detained in detention facilities.
Lane said clients are regularly referred by Immigration New Zealand, but the government agency refuses to provide funding for their care
Yes it's horrifying. The article states that most Western countries are moving away from trade deals that allow corporations to sue countries for loss of business etc, but I believe that pacts like the Trans Pacific Partnership may include such idiotic rights for corporations; leaving countries in compromised situations should they need to change business practices for example.