Asylum Seekers In NZ Prisons
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From: John Palethorpe
Dear Ministry of Justice,
Can you please supply the numbers of asylum seekers held in New Zealand correctional facilities over the last five years and the length of time which each person was held there.
Yours faithfully,
John Palethorpe
From: correspondence, official
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora Mr Palethorpe
We acknowledge receipt of your request, however this information is not held by the Ministry of Justice but is held by Immigration New Zealand.
You can contact them directly on [email address] or we can transfer the request on your behalf. Please let us know your preference.
Kind Regards
Official Correspondence
Strategy, Governance and Finance
DDI: +64 4 918 8800
www.justice.govt.nz
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From: John Palethorpe
Dear correspondence, official,
Please pass this request onto Immigration New Zealand.
Yours sincerely,
John Palethorpe
From: correspondence, official
Ministry of Justice
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From: Ministerial Services
Ref: 2021-0696
Dear Mr Palethorpe,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 3^rd July 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
“Can you please supply the numbers of asylum
seekers held in New Zealand correctional facilities over the last five
years
and the length of time which each person was held there.”
Your request has been transferred to the Ministry from Ministry of Justice
on 28^th September 2020 and is being processed in accordance with the
Official Information Act 1982.
A response will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email [email address]
or using the contact details below.
Please note, due to ongoing COVID-19 response work, requests are currently
being triaged and those relating to Covid-19 processed as a priority.
Remaining requests are being assessed as per the Ombudsman’s guidance
(which can be found here:
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/chief-ombudsmans-statement-official-information-response-times-during-covid-19-emergency)
and processed accordingly.
Nâku noa, nâ
MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
NZBN 9429000106078
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services
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From: Margee DO
Dear John
Please find attached response to your information request.
Sincerely,
Margee Do
Senior Advisor
Business Management, Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
[email address] |
Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand
NZBN 9429000106078
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Section 14 of the Official Information Act requires that agencies must transfer requests within 10 working days of receiving them, unless the timeframe is extended under section 15A. The Department of Corrections should not have waited 59 working days for your approval before transferring your request.
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publi...
It also seems unusual that Corrections suggested transferring your request to Immigration New Zealand, but instead seems to have transferred it to the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
You have the option of complaining to the Office of the Ombudsman about this unlawful delay by Corrections, though of course now that you have received a response to your request this wouldn't speed anything up.
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