NZ calls on Nuie to fix human rights breaches

Updated August 25, 2008 15:00:39

New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark has accused the Niuean government of human rights breaches for its treatment of a group of Indian workers.

The 15 men went to the island two years ago after being promised work, but they were the victims of an immigration scam.

TVNZ says two of the Indian men were told they would get land and earn a large sum of money as farmers.

Instead there was no work and they now live in squalor.

The report says the New Zealand government is concerned about human rights breaches and has put pressure on the Niuean government to sort the problem out.

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