Dear Mr Cheung,

I refer to your email of 1 November 2021 requesting for provision of
information on the number of appeals/petitions("appeals") handled by the
Torture Claims Appeal Board in the third quarter of 2021. Our reply is
given as follows -

(a) Number of appeals received: 676
(b) Number of appeals determined: 357
(c) Number of appeals withdrawn: 20
(d) Number of appeals allowed: 2 (appeals against decisions of the
Immigration Department rejecting an application for re-opening a
non-refoulement claim)
(e) Number of appeals pending determination as at 30 September 2021: 1 918
(f) Number of appeals pending determination as at 30 September 2021 by
nationality:

Nationality No. of appeals pending
determination
Afghanistani 2
Algerian 3
Bangladesh 172
Bangladesh/Indonesian 1
Bolivian 1
Brazilian 1
Burundian 1
Burundian/Rwandan 1
Cameroonian 4
Colombian 8
Congolese 11
Congolese/Angolan 4
Cote d' Ivoire 2
Dutch 1
Egyptian 11
Eritrean 1
Filipino 192
Gambian 8
Georgian 1
Ghanaian 11
Guinean 1
Indian 191
Indian/Filipino 1
Indonesian 368
Indonesian/Gambian 1
Kazakhstani 1
Kenyan 16
Liberian/Guinean 1
Madagascar 1
Malagasy 2
Malian/Ghanaian 1
Malian/Nigerian 1
Mexican 1
Mongolian 5
Moroccan 3
Nepalese 11
Nigerian 26
Pakistani 276
Pakistani/Indonesian 1
Peruvian 2
Russian 4
Rwandan 12
Senegalese 2
Sierra Leonean/Nigerian 1
Somali 5
Somali/Tanzanian 1
South African 1
South Korean 2
Sri Lankan 44
Tanzanian 12
Tanzanian/Somali 1
Thailand 36
Togolese 5
Ugandan 13
United States of America 1
United States of America/Britain 1
Uzbek 2
Venezuelan 3
Vietnamese 409
Yemeni 6
Zimbabwean 11
Total 1 918

Regards,
Manyi Wong
Security Bureau

From:        Preston Cheung <[FOI #885 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Security Bureau <[Security Bureau request email]>,
Date:        01/11/2021 12:00
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Torture claims appeal
board/non-refoulement claims petitions office: Q3 2021

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Dear Security Bureau,

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information on the
Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petitions Office
("TCAB/NRCPO"):

(1) The number of appeals/petitions received by the TCAB/NRCPO in the
third quarter (1 July - 30 September) of 2021;
(2) The number of appeals/ petitions determined by the TCAB/NRCPO in the
said period;
(3) The number of appeals/ petitions withdrawn or taken no further action
in the said period;
(4) The number of appeals/ petitions allowed by the TCAB /NRCPO in the
said period;
(5) The number of appeals/ petitions substantiated by the TCAB/NRCPO in
the said period;
(6) The number of appeals/ petitions that were pending determination
before the TCAB/NRCPO as of end of June 2021, and if possible, as
disaggregated by nationality (please provide a breakdown of all
nationalities)

Thank you for your assistance on this.

Regards,
Preston Cheung

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