ential ▁option ▁for ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁already ▁marg inal ised ▁and ▁vulner able , ▁and ▁the ▁most ▁difficult ▁to ▁place . ▁For ▁this ▁New ▁Zealand ▁had ▁gained ▁international ▁respect ▁for ▁its ▁human itar ian ism , ▁though ▁in ▁recent ▁years ▁the ▁numbers ▁of ▁medical / disabled ▁and ▁emer gency ▁places ▁have ▁been ▁close ▁to ▁zero . ▁ ▁Ref uge es ▁have ▁also ▁entered ▁New ▁Zealand ▁in ▁exception al ▁circumstances ▁when ▁requested ▁by ▁UN H CR . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁Kos ovo ▁human itar ian ▁crisis , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁accepted ▁over ▁ 4 0 0 ▁Kos ov ars ▁for ▁res ett lement ▁who ▁had ▁family ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand . ▁Again ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁accepted ▁res ett lement ▁for ▁ 1 3 0 ▁Afghan ▁as yl um ▁seek ers ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁the ▁fre ighter , ▁M V ▁T ampa , ▁after ▁their ▁craft ▁caps ized ▁in ▁the ▁Indian ▁Ocean . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁a ▁special ▁qu ota ▁of ▁ 6 0 0 ▁places , ▁additional ▁to ▁the ▁annual ▁qu ota , ▁was ▁announced ▁for ▁an ▁int ake ▁of ▁Sy rian ▁refuge es , ▁with ▁ 1 0 0 ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 / 1 6 ▁and ▁ 2 5 0 ▁per ▁year ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 6 / 1 7 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 7 / 1 8 . ▁This , ▁effectively , ▁raised ▁the ▁qu ota ▁to ▁ 1 0 0