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From: s9(2)(g)(ii)
 
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 2:23 PM 
To: Tom Lankshear <[email address]>; Qemajl Murati <[email address]> 
Cc: Melissa Carson <[email address]>; Fiona Whiteridge <[email address]>; Fran 
Albertario <[email address]> 
Subject: RE: Media [IN-CONFIDENCE] 
 
Hi Tom, 
 
Yep, claims are processed as normal and recent events considered.  Claimants would have the opportunity to make 
further submissions on well-founded fear if required e.g. if they had asserted a fear of Assad regime. 
 
Ngā mihi nui, 
s9(2)(g)(ii)
Refugee Status Unit, Immigration New Zealand 
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment 
s9(2)(g)(ii)
| Mobile: s9(2)(a)
 
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From: Tom Lankshear <[email address]>  
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 2:07 PM 
To: Qemajl Murati <[email address]>; s9(2)(g)(ii)
 
Cc: Melissa Carson <[email address]>; Fiona Whiteridge <[email address]>; Fran 
Albertario <[email address]> 
Subject: Media [IN-CONFIDENCE] 
 
Kia ora Qemajl and s9(2)(g)(ii) 
 
COO are responding to a media query around any changes to the approach towards Syrian na onals, following the 
latest events in Syria. A response is being worked up to go out tomorrow. 
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The query was sent to MFAT, with (highlighted) immigration questions referred by MFAT to us as a heads up: 
Has the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) reviewed or is in the process of reviewing travel advice, quotas 
or policy relating to Syria, in light of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad? 
  1  A) If so  what has been reviewed or is currently under review?
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s9(2)(g)(ii) – I assume nothing changes in the claim space, other than that the assessment for Syrian claimants would
take into account current in-country informa on? 
Ngā mihi 
Tom Lawler Lankshear 
SENIOR BUSINESS ADVISOR 
Refugee and Migrant Services 
Immigration New Zealand | Rōpū Manene 
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment | Hīkina Whakatutuki 
[email address]  
15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140     
www.mbie.govt.nz 
NZBN 9429000106078 
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