USM statistics for Iranian nationals

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Dear Immigration Department,

Can you please provide figures on how many Unified Screening Mechanism (USM) claims have been from nationals whose country of origin is Iran since the policy came into effect in March 2014?

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds, ODHK

Immigration Department

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Immigration Department

Our ref. : ImmD RM/6-5/10-2015-427(R) & IL/00655295/15

Dear Sir,

 

We refer to your enquiry of 29 September 2015 via the accessinfo.hk
website.  Regarding the matters raised therein, we would revert to you in
due course.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

(NG Chi-hong)
for Director of Immigration

 

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<-- Start of Original Message -->
From Name : Scott Edmunds
From Address : [FOI #39 email]
To : [Immigration Department request email]
CC :
Subject : Freedom of Information request - USM statistics for Iranian
nationals
Receive Time : 29/09/2015 06:09:09
Body :

Dear Immigration Department,

Can you please provide figures on how many Unified Screening Mechanism
(USM) claims have been from nationals whose country of origin is Iran
since the policy came into effect in March 2014?

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds, ODHK

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Immigration Department

Our ref. : ImmD RM/6-5/10-2015-427(R) & IL/00655295/15

Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your email dated 29 September 2015 requesting for
information on USM statistics of Iranian Nationals.

 

Further to our interim reply of 8 October 2015, please be informed that 6
non-refoulement claims were received from Iranian nationals from
commencement of the unified screening mechanism (USM) on 3 March 2014 to
30 September 2015.

Yours faithfully,

(NG Chi-hong)
for Director of Immigration

 

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<-- Start of Original Message -->
From Name : Scott Edmunds
From Address : [FOI #39 email]
To : [Immigration Department request email]
CC :
Subject : Freedom of Information request - USM statistics for Iranian
nationals
Receive Time : 29/09/2015 06:09:09
Body :

Dear Immigration Department,

Can you please provide figures on how many Unified Screening Mechanism
(USM) claims have been from nationals whose country of origin is Iran
since the policy came into effect in March 2014?

Yours faithfully,

Scott Edmunds, ODHK

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This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #39 email]

Is [Immigration Department request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information
requests to Immigration Department? If so, please contact us using this
form:
https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
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