25 October 2023
Ref: DOIA 2324-0603
Saska Hayes
[FYI request #24136 email]
Tēnā koe Saska
Thank you for your email of 13 September 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
- The recommendations and reasons for any support for asylum seekers proposed to be included in the
Refugee Resettlement Strategy.
- Government reasons (discussion documents or other evidence) to agree or disagree with the
recommendations with the support proposed for asylum seekers.
- The document detailing the Refugee Resettlement Strategy 2023 (not the picture found online).
Please find attached the documentation relevant to the first two parts of your request. Please note that
as per section 17(1) of the Act, I have provided extracts of documents where they are relevant to your
request, and have made deletions of information that is out of scope. The documents, and the decisions
as to their release, are outlined in the table below:
No Document Date
Title
Decision
Type
1
Aide-
10 March 2023
2223-2780 Next steps for the refresh
Some
Memoire
of the refugee and migrant settlement information
strategies
withheld under
section 9(2)(a)
2
Briefing
21 April 2023
2223-3272 Proposed next steps with
Some
the refresh of the refugee
information
resettlement and migrant settlement
withheld under
strategies
section 9(2)(a)
3
Briefing
7 December
2223-1706 Refresh of the refugee
Some
2022
resettlement and migrant settlement
information
strategies-foundational changes and
withheld under
next phases of this work
section 9(2)(a)
In relation to the third part of your request, you may be interested in the below Cabinet Paper and
minute, Refreshing the Refugee Resettlement and Migrant Settlement Strategies. You can access this
paper through the following link:
Refreshing the Refugee Resettlement and Migrant Settlement strategies (mbie.govt.nz)
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Sam Foley
Manager, Immigration (International and Humanitarian) Policy
Labour, Science and Enterprise