Dear Emma,

Please find attached your acknowledgement regarding your recent information request.

Kind Regards,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4 , Stout Street, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Emma Cullen [mailto:[FOI #4084 email]]
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 10:14 p.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: Official Information Act request - Asylum seekers in prison and detention

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I would like to request under the Official Information Act some information relating to asylum seekers. I would like to request:

1) The number of asylum seekers currently being held in prison.
2) The age/gender/nationality of asylum seekers currently being held in prison.
3) The length of time each asylum seeker has been held in prison and what prison they are located in.
4) The number of asylum seekers currently being held in detention (not living in the community freely).
5) The age/gender/nationality of asylum seekers currently being held in detention.
6) The length of time each asylum seeker has been held in detention and where they are located.
7) The stated reason(s) for each asylum seeker being held in prison/detention.
8) The number of asylum seeker applications for 2015, listed by country and approved/declined decision.

Yours faithfully,
Emma Cullen

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Dear Emma,

Please find enclosed a letter regarding your information request dated 2 June 2016 to the Department of Corrections. This request has been transferred to MBIE. As this information is covered by your request of 30 May 2016 to MBIE (points 1), 2), 3) and 7)) we have treated this as one request and will release information under the following reference: DOIA 1516-1521.

Kind regards,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4 , Stout Street, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: *OIA
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2016 1:18 p.m.
To: 'Emma Cullen'
Subject: RE: Official Information Act request - Asylum seekers in prison and detention [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Emma,

Please find attached your acknowledgement regarding your recent information request.

Kind Regards,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Level 4 , Stout Street, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Emma Cullen [mailto:[FOI #4084 email]]
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 10:14 p.m.
To: *OIA
Subject: Official Information Act request - Asylum seekers in prison and detention

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I would like to request under the Official Information Act some information relating to asylum seekers. I would like to request:

1) The number of asylum seekers currently being held in prison.
2) The age/gender/nationality of asylum seekers currently being held in prison.
3) The length of time each asylum seeker has been held in prison and what prison they are located in.
4) The number of asylum seekers currently being held in detention (not living in the community freely).
5) The age/gender/nationality of asylum seekers currently being held in detention.
6) The length of time each asylum seeker has been held in detention and where they are located.
7) The stated reason(s) for each asylum seeker being held in prison/detention.
8) The number of asylum seeker applications for 2015, listed by country and approved/declined decision.

Yours faithfully,
Emma Cullen

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Dear Emma Cullen,

 

Please find attached the response from the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment to your Official Information Act request of 30
May 2016.

 

Kind regards,

 

Sarah Baird

SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Compliance, Risk and Intelligence Services, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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Hello,

Thank you for your email.
 
I am out of thie office Friday afternoon. 
 
I will respond to your email when I am back in the office. 

Kind regards,
 
Sarah Baird

 

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Dear Emma,

Please find attached your acknowledgement regarding your recent information request.

Kind Regards,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4 , Stout Street, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Emma Cullen [mailto:[FOI #4084 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 26 June 2016 7:24 p.m.
To: Sarah Baird
Subject: Re: DOIA final response [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Sarah Baird,

Thank you for the information provided thus far. I do question though how the answer to the questions about the length of time each asylum seeker has been held in prison and detention is matter of privacy. I believe it is a matter of public interest to how long asylum seekers are held in prison or detention because of the effects to mental and physical health.
Could you please confirm
a)The length of time each asylum seeker has been held in prison since 2011
b) The length of time each asylum seeker has been held in detention since 2011
c) What number of people are deported after being in prison and detention since 2011

Yours sincerely,

Emma Cullen

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Dear Emma Cullen,

 

Please find attached the response from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to your Official Information Act request of 30 May 2016.

 

Kind regards,

 

Sarah Baird

SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Compliance, Risk and Intelligence Services, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

[1][email address] | Telephone: +64 4  901 8692

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand

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Dear Emma Cullen,

 

Please find attached the response from the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment to your Official Information Act request of 21
June 2016.

 

Kind regards,

 

Sarah Baird

SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR

 

Compliance, Risk and Intelligence Services, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

[1][email address] | Telephone: +64 4  901 8692

Level 1, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand

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