Material on refugee city selection

M Stephens made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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From: M Stephens

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

Please provide, in full, under the Official Information Act

* Any briefings and/or documents provided to the Immigration Minister or associate Immigration Minister on the proposal and/or selection of Invercargill as a new refugee resettlement location, including how that city compared to other cities.

* Any analytical papers or scoping documents produced by or for the ministry related to this decision to make Invercargill a resettlement location.

* Any aide memoirs or other reports pertaining to this decision to make Invercargill a resettlement location.

* All and any emails between the Ministry and the Invercargill City Council and/or the Southland Regional Council and/or Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt pertaining to this decision to make Invercargill a resettlement location.

Yours faithfully,

M Stephens

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Ref: DOIA 1617-1353

 

Dear M Stephens

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 8 May 2017 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

* Any briefings and/or documents provided to the Immigration Minister or
associate Immigration Minister on the proposal and/or selection of
Invercargill as a new refugee resettlement location, including how that
city compared to other cities.

 

* Any analytical papers or scoping documents produced by or for the
ministry related to this decision to make Invercargill a resettlement
location.

 

* Any aide memoirs or other reports pertaining to this decision to make
Invercargill a resettlement location. 

 

* All and any emails between the Ministry and the Invercargill City
Council and/or the Southland Regional Council and/or Invercargill Mayor
Tim Shadbolt pertaining to this decision to make Invercargill a
resettlement location. 

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and 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 [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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From: Suzanne Malan
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Dear Mr Stephens – please find attached a letter from the Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment extending the time to respond to your
Official Information Act request.

 

Kind regards

Suzanne Malan

Refugee & Protection Unit

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street / PO Box 1473 / Wellington / New Zealand

 

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Dear M Stephens – please find attached the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment’s response to your Official Information Act 1982
request. 

 

Kind regards

Suzanne Malan

Refugee & Protection Unit

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street / PO Box 1473 / Wellington / New Zealand

Tel: +64 4 896 5238

Email: [1][email address]

 

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