Covid-19: Elderly fear deportation to pandemic-hit countries

Published: March 7, 2021, 6:53 p.m.

A 97-year-old woman is among those who fear they will be deported from New Zealand to countries ravaged by coronavirus. Others are in their 70s and 80s and say they face a life of fear and isolation if they have to return to their home countries. They're among thousands of people affected by the freeze on Immigration's parent category. Gill Bonnett reports.