Statistics on health waivers in the Refugee and Humanitarian Program

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Dear Mr Hirsch,

I am writing in regards to your FOI request FA 17/05/01274.

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Dear Mr Hirsch,

I refer to your FOI request received on22 May 2017, seeking access to the
following:

Please provide statistics on number of people who arrived through the
Refugee and Humanitarian Program (Class XB) that received a health waiver
under Public Interest Criteria 4007.

Please provide these statistics by financial year from July 1 2007 until
the latest available date. Please provide a breakdown of these statistics
by visa subclass.

The request was subsequently revised on 16 June 2017 to:

Please provide statistics on number of people who arrived through the
Refugee and Humanitarian Program (Class XB) that received a health waiver
under Public Interest Criteria 4007.

Please provide these statistics by financial year from July 1 2011 until
the latest available date. Please provide a breakdown of these statistics
by visa subclass.

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please see attached
the signed decision letter, decision record, schedule of documents and
documents released under the FOI Act.

This request has now been closed.

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