Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:15:52 +0000
Subject: Re: FA 17/06/00891 - Clarification of scope [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
From: Cam <[email address]>
To: FOI <[email address]>

Dear FOI,

I would like to clarify my request, and make an updated request in the following terms for maximum clarity:

Please provide any documents recording

- The number of Assisted Voluntary Returns from Indonesia which Australia has funded, for the following financial years:
- 2001/02
-2002/03
-2003/04
-2004/05
-2005/06
-2006/07
-2007/08
-2008/09
-2009/10
- 2010/11
-2011/12
-2012/13
-2013/14
-2014/15
-2015/16
-2016/17
-2017/18

Please also provide any documents recording the cost to Australia of providing funding for these assisted voluntary returns for each year.

Yours sincerely,

Cameron Doig.

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UNCLASSIFIED

 Our references: FA 17/06/00891; ADF2017/68822



 Dear Mr Doig



 I write in relation to the above request.



 On 28 June 2017, you requested access to the following:



 On the 10th August 2016, under the headline "RI tells Australia it’s
 overwhelmed by refugees", the Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post
 reported that:



 "Laura Kemp, a spokesperson at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, said her
 country would remain committed to providing assistance to this global
 humanitarian problem, including to refugees in Indonesia. 'The country has
 provided a wide range of funding to enable migrants to return voluntarily
 from Indonesia to their country of origin. Around 5,200 migrants have
 accessed this program since 2000,' Kemp said in a statement to The Jakarta
 Post on Tuesday."



 Please provide any documents supporting Ms Kemp's statement.



 In order to be able to process your request accurately, the Department
 would like to clarify the scope, as we believe that it may be interpreted
 in several ways. Could you please clarify whether you are seeking access
 to:



 ·         the documents that directly supported the statement made (e.g.
 the Talking Points which may have been relied on in the making of the
 statement); or

 o documents which corroborate the statement (that is documents which
 evidences the statement made).

 In the event that you are in fact seeking access to documents which
 corroborate and provide evidence to support that statement, our initial
 inquiries with the relevant business areas suggest that there are
 potentially a large number of documents that could fall within the scope
 of this request. This may result in a practical refusal reason existing in
 relation to that type of request. As such, if you wish to clarify the
 scope of your request in this way, it would assist if you could narrow
 that scope further. This could be done by restricting the timeframe of the
 request, for example, your request could be clarified limiting it
 documents over a specific timeframe (e.g. July and August 2016) and for a
 particular type of document (e.g. briefings).



 Once you have clarified the scope of your request, the Department will
 consider what documents it may hold that would fall within the scope of
 that request, and will consider whether it is in a position to be able to
 process your request.



 It would assist the Department in the processing of your request if you
 could provide clarification of the scope of your request by 5pm Monday, 7
 August 2017 (AEST).



 Regards





 Freedom of Information Section
 Freedom of Information, Privacy & Records Management Branch | Corporate
 Services Division
 Corporate Group
 Department of Immigration and Border Protection
 E: [1][email address]

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