Request for the 2001 Regional Cooperation Agreement with IOM and Indonesia
Dear Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the "Regional Cooperation Agreement" singed in 2001 between Australia, Indonesia and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Yours faithfully,
Asher Hirsch
UNCLASSIFIED
Our references: FA 17/06/00830; ADF2017/67996
Dear Asher Hirsch
Please find attached the acknowledgement of receipt for your recent FOI
Request.
The request was received by the FOI section from the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade on Tuesday 27/06/2017.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss.
Yours sincerely
Karen Chapman
Freedom of Information Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Dear FOI,
I am writing to follow up on this request. Could you please provided an update on when it will be completed? I note that it is now overdue.
Yours sincerely,
Asher Hirsch
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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: 17/06/00830
File Number: ADF2017/67996
Dear Mr Hirsch,
Thank you for your email enquiring about the progress of your FOI request.
Please be advised that the Department is currently processing a large number of FOI requests. Our staff are working hard and the Department is committed to processing your request within the statutory timeframes.
A decision will be made on your request in due course and you will be notified of this.
kind regards,
H Simons
FOI Officer | Freedom of Information Section Department of Immigration and Border Protection
E: [email address]
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Our references: FA 17/06/00830; ADF2017/67996
Dear Mr Hirsch,
I refer to your FOI request received on 27 June 2017, seeking access to
the following:
A copy of the "Regional Cooperation Agreement" signed in 2001 between
Australia, Indonesia and the International Organisation for Migration
(IOM).
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.
Yours sincerely
with regards,
H Simons
FOI Officer | Freedom of Information Section
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Dear FOI,
The document i request, the "Regional Cooperation Agreement" between
Australia, Indonesia and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) may have been signed in 2000, rather than 2001 as previously indicated.
Can you tell me if that would change your response?
Yours sincerely,
Asher Hirsch
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Hirsch,
As per the decision record, 'no copy of a Regional Cooperation Arrangement between Australia, Indonesia and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) exists, or was signed in 2001. In 2000, the Regional Cooperation Arrangement was established by an exchange of letters between Australia, Indonesia and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), with the Bali Process then established in 2002'.
Therefore the Department's response remains the same.
You are welcome to make another FOI request, which may capture the documents you are seeking access to.
with regards,
Ms Simons
FOI Officer | Freedom of Information Section Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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