8 March 2017
Mr Asher Hirsch
By email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 17/03/00312
File Number: ADF2017/26603
Dear Mr Hirsch
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request
This letter refers to an access request received under the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) on 7 March 2017, seeking access to:
‘How many refugees who have been resettled in Australia through the offshore
Refugee and Humanitarian Program have been referred by UNHCR? How many
have been selected based on community proposals in Australia?’
Please provide a breakdown by financial year and by visa subclass, for the financial
years 2011/12 to 2015/16, as well as up to 7 March 2017.
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Section has accepted the scope of your request as shown
above as we are still progressing to the current financial year. The scope of your request will
include data that exist up to the date of your request. Your request has been allocated FOI
request number FA 17/03/00312. Please include your FOI request number in all
correspondence with the FOI Section.
Exclusion of non-SES staff personal details and SES telephone contact details
The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of officers not in the Senior
Executive Service (SES), as well as the mobile and work telephone numbers of SES staff,
contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require names and
contact details of non-SES officers, or direct telephone numbers of SES staff, please inform
us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree
to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.
Contacting the FOI Section
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Julia Wu
FOI Officer/Freedom of Information Section
Freedom of Information, Privacy & Records Management Branch
Corporate Services Division | Corporate Group
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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