Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:28:46 +1000 Subject: Re: Your FOI request - 'Treatment of Returnees section of Sri Lanka 2013 report' second request [SEC=OFFICIAL] From: Elias Ross <[FOI #7533 email]> To: FOI <[DFAT request email]> Dear FOI, In résponse to 1) please process as two request. In response to 2) No. I have written 'email correspondences used to compile the 'treatment of returnees' section of the 2013 Sri Lankan country report'. This may include documents that were used to compile the report. But please limit to the organisations mentioned. In response to 3) LEX2698, LEX3056 & LEX3057 Yours sincerely, Elias Ross -----Original Message----- OFFICIAL   Dear Mr Ross Thank you for your email dated 22 June 2021 to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). We understand you are making an application under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for access to: “I am lodging a new request for documents used to compile the 2013 Sri Lankan country report. This request has already been partly fulfilled, a record of which can be found here: [1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.righttoknow.org.au%2Frequest%2Ftreatment_of_returnees_sections_2%3Fnocache%3Dincoming-21097%23incoming-21097&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40dfat.gov.au%7Cfd17226fdffb463b850108d9353321db%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C1%7C637599315991627838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=O1%2BCXyy1%2F8Fh9S6qEceHkx8qfX%2BqKwFH1uHXJpmab0U%3D&reserved=0…   Please provide all email correspondences used to compile the 'treatment of returnees' section of the 2013 Sri Lankan country report. Please limit the request to those email correspondences between DFAT and the Sri Lankan Government, the International Organisation for Migration and the two NGOs mentioned in section 3.80 of the report.   I am also requesting email correspondences that were generated by the Department in the processing and refusal of my previous request ‘Treatment of returnees’ sections Sri Lanka 2019 country report which can be found here : [2]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.righttoknow.org.au%2Frequest%2Ft&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40dfat.gov.au%7Cfd17226fdffb463b850108d9353321db%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C1%7C637599315991627838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=mkAodVTc1a56O4A3ZXE2y7acrbYPQ0pYKwtJWHJZ%2FXI%3D&reserved=0...”   Before we commence processing your request, I would be most grateful if you could confirm by return email:  1. whether you agree to your request being processed as two separate requests;  2. that request 1 is limited to “all email correspondences used to compile the 'treatment of returnees' section of the 2013 Sri Lankan country report. Please limit the request to those email correspondences between DFAT and the Sri Lankan Government, the International Organisation for Migration and the two NGOs mentioned in section 3.80 of the report" but does not seek “…documents used to compile the 2013 Sri Lankan country report"; and  3. that request 2 for correspondences generated in the processing and refusal of your previous request previous request ‘Treatment of returnees’ sections Sri Lanka 2019 country report relates to our reference LEX2698. We look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely DFAT FOI Team Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section Legal Division | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [3]DFAT.GOV.AU | [4]Twitter | [5]Facebook | [6]Flickr | [7]YouTube     References Visible links 1. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.righttoknow.org.au%2Frequest%2Ftreatment_of_returnees_sections_2%3Fnocache%3Dincoming-21097%23incoming-21097&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40dfat.gov.au%7Cfd17226fdffb463b850108d9353321db%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C1%7C637599315991627838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=O1%2BCXyy1%2F8Fh9S6qEceHkx8qfX%2BqKwFH1uHXJpmab0U%3D&reserved=0… 2. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.righttoknow.org.au%2Frequest%2Ft&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40dfat.gov.au%7Cfd17226fdffb463b850108d9353321db%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C1%7C637599315991627838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=mkAodVTc1a56O4A3ZXE2y7acrbYPQ0pYKwtJWHJZ%2FXI%3D&reserved=0 3. http://dfat.gov.au/pages/default.aspx 4. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdfat&data=02%7C01%7CDanielle.Edwards%40dfat.gov.au%7C4ad2864cdbe4406a556608d7ab67d989%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C0%7C637166334824657423&sdata=MndbrM7q89hLtVNkwS5DCzGiEAgmG2BLzR7h1tbrLXU%3D&reserved=0 5. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdfat.gov.au&data=02%7C01%7CDanielle.Edwards%40dfat.gov.au%7C4ad2864cdbe4406a556608d7ab67d989%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C0%7C637166334824667413&sdata=KYkIDNldYETfKD0RmHyo4pnavuLmKpaVSt8YuRjDSb4%3D&reserved=0 6. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdfataustralianaid%2F&data=02%7C01%7CDanielle.Edwards%40dfat.gov.au%7C4ad2864cdbe4406a556608d7ab67d989%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C0%7C637166334824667413&sdata=FcSb32FR9dYh69L73TZD5KkKwcPE0ZReNOESWRjcnDk%3D&reserved=0 7. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fdfat&data=02%7C01%7CDanielle.Edwards%40dfat.gov.au%7C4ad2864cdbe4406a556608d7ab67d989%7C9b7f23b30e8347a58a40ffa8a6fea536%7C0%7C0%7C637166334824677410&sdata=Mk12tzjhWwSYqNzQgXPLMh%2BViUDmUBFy%2F5mW7WLko%2FU%3D&reserved=0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please use this email address for all replies to this request: [FOI #7533 email] This request has been made by an individual using Right to Know. 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