Another 11 deportees from Australia have arrived at Auckland Airport.
A charter plane waiting to take detainees to New Zealand (file). Photo: RNZ / John Campbell
They were being met this afternoon by police and Corrections staff, a police spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the men would go through the same process as the 12 deportees who arrived last week, under Australia's new law on deporting non-citizens with certain criminal convictions.
Police, Corrections, Prisoners' Aid and Rehabilitation, and other agencies would continue to work together to manage these arrivals.
Others were returning individually on commercial flights this week, the spokesperson said.
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