 Those granted refugee status prior to the UNHCR Convention were


New Zealand acceded to the UNHCR Convention in 1960, and refugee policy is based on the obligations that flow from that, namely to offer protection to refugees.The text is currently set out in the Sixth Schedule of the Immigration Act 1987.The Immigration Act is not a description of policy, but rather a framework for assessing and determining claims made by people in New Zealand seeking refugee status.