Number of asylum claims made to Airline Liaison Officers

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FOI Request: FA 19/10/01415
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Dear Mr Hirsch

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 23 October 2019 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department of Home Affairs) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

You have requested access to the following:
Provide statistics or documents on the number of asylum requests made to Airline Liaison Officers stationed in foreign airports.
Please limit this request to the financial years 2017-18 to 2018-19.

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From: Asher Hirsch <[FOI #5772 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 23 October 2019 12:00 PM
To: FOI <[DIBP request email]>
Subject: HPRM: Freedom of Information request - Number of asylum claims made to Airline Liaison Officers

Dear Department of Home Affairs,

Please provide statistics or documents on the number of asylum requests made to Airline Liaison Officers stationed in foreign airports.

Please limit this request to the financial years 2017-18 to 2018-19.

Yours faithfully,

Asher Hirsch

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Good morning Mr Hirsch

I refer to your request received on 23 October 2019 for access to the following documents under the FOI Act:

Statistics or documents on the number of asylum requests made to Airline Liaison Officers stationed in foreign airports, limited to the financial years 2017-18 to 2018-19

The current due date for your request is tomorrow, 22 November 2019.

The Department seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend the due date for your request to Sunday 22 December 2019. However, as this date falls on a non-working day, section 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that the latest date the Department may issue a decision would be the next working day, which is Monday 23 December 2019.

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Our references: FA 19/10/01415; OBJ2019/54831

Dear Mr Hirsch

I refer to your FOI request received on 23 October 2019, seeking access to
the following:

“Statistics on the number of asylum requests made to Airline Liaison
Officers stationed in foreign airports for the financial years 2017-18 to
2018-19.”

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please see attached
the signed decision letter and decision record.

This request has now been closed.

With kind regards

Freedom of Information Section

FOI, Privacy and Records Management Branch

Productivity and Compliance Division | Corporate and Enabling Group

Department of Home Affairs

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