This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Asylum Seekers detained in Mt Eden Prison'.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9 April 2020   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C120708 
 
 
 
Bella Munro 
[FYI request #12573 email] 
 
 
 
Dear Ms Munro 
 
Thank you for your email of 4 April 2020, regarding asylum seekers in prison. 
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 
(OIA). 
 
You requested: 
 
I wish to know the number of asylum seekers detained in Mt Eden 
Prison on the 15th of March 2020. 
 
I wish to know the number of asylum seekers detained in Mt Eden 
Prison on the 26th of March 2020.
   
 
Corrections considers your request to be more closely connected to the 
functions of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). 
Consequently, your request is being transferred to MBIE for their consideration 
and direct response in accordance with section 14 of the OIA. 
 
You can expect to receive a response to your request from MBIE in due course. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
 
Cameron Oldfield 
Principal Adviser Ministerial Services 
Corporate Services