Advice and correspondence on family link criteria in refugee quota
B Knight made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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From: B Knight
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I would like to request under the Official Information Act:
* All internal correspondence between January 1, 2009 and February 20, 2017 on the family link criteria component of the regional allocations of New Zealand's refugee resettlement quota.
* All documents containing advice between January 1, 2009 and February 20, 2017 to (a) the Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, and (b) the Minister of Immigration, and their respective offices, on the family link criteria component of the regional allocations of New Zealand's refugee resettlement quota.
I understand that this request covers a large time period, but hope that the specificity of the request reduces the burden on your department. If this triggers a s18(f) refusal, please list the names and dates of documents to allow me to narrow down further requests.
Yours faithfully,
B Knight
From: Information [DPMC]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Dear B Knight
Thank you for your email of 21 February 2017 (copied below). This email is to acknowledge the receipt of your request by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) and to confirm that we are treating your request as a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.
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From: B Knight [mailto:[FOI #5418 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2017 12:32 p.m.
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Advice and correspondence on family link criteria in refugee quota
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I would like to request under the Official Information Act:
* All internal correspondence between January 1, 2009 and February 20, 2017 on the family link criteria component of the regional allocations of New Zealand's refugee resettlement quota.
* All documents containing advice between January 1, 2009 and February 20, 2017 to (a) the Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, and (b) the Minister of Immigration, and their respective offices, on the family link criteria component of the regional allocations of New Zealand's refugee resettlement quota.
I understand that this request covers a large time period, but hope that the specificity of the request reduces the burden on your department. If this triggers a s18(f) refusal, please list the names and dates of documents to allow me to narrow down further requests.
Yours faithfully,
B Knight
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