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RRT Case No. 1304208

30 July 2013 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law

Albania: 1. What rights do Albanian citizens have under the Schengen Agreement to enter and reside in Schengen Agreement countries? 2. What steps do Albanian citizens need to take to avail themselves of any such rights? 3. Can Albanian citizens avail themselves of such rights if: (a) they do not have Albanian passports; or (b) their Albanian passports have expired? 4. What are the Schengen Agreement countries? 5. Do any of those countries afford Albanian citizens the ability to reside for a period greater than three months? If so, what steps does an Albanian citizen need to take to take advantage of this?

16 June 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What is the current treatment of Tibetan lama in China? 2. What is the treatment of Tibetan lama returning to China? 3. i) Is there information to indicate that the passports of overseas Tibetan lama are not being re-issued? ii) Is there information to indicate that the Chinese government is restricting travel of Tibetan lama or tracking them on their return to China? iii) Apart from restrictions on travel, what else would lack of passport mean in China? iv) Deleted. 4. How likely is it that a Chinese passport would not be renewed if it became apparent that its owner was not residing at an address given in the application (even though they could be contacted at that address)?

27 May 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What are the requirements on Chinese citizens staying temporarily at addresses other than where their household is registered, to obtain permits or certificates for their temporary stay? 2. Is it known when such regulations came into force? 3. Are there reports of a program of checks being carried out concerning temporary residence permits in Gaoshan Town or in Fujian Province generally in September/October 2008?

21 April 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

China: 1. What is the status of Han Chinese living in Urumqi? Is there information in relation to whether a Han Chinese family would receive protection from the authorities if harassed by Uighurs? 2. Is it possible for a Han Chinese person with a Hukou registered in XUAR to return there at the present time? 3. Is there information regarding discrimination against Han Chinese from XUAR in other parts of China? 4. If a husband's Hukou is registered in Fujian province, are his Han Chinese wife from XUAR and her baby (born in Australia) entitled to live there? 5. Would a couple now be considered to be legally married in China, if their overseas marriage occurred when they were both 20 (below the marriageable age in China) and their child was born when they were 21? What ramifications might this have on the wife's ability to register a Hukou in the husband's province (Fujian)?

21 April 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Please provide information on a large MDC rally in Chitungwiza in January or June 2008, in which 50 ZANU-PF men came and reportedly forced people into a truck. 2. Please comment on the ease with which a person with an MDC profile and who had been charged with an offence for MDC involvement would be able to obtain visas to travel freely between Zimbabwe and South Africa. 3. Please comment on whether a person who was the subject of a warrant would experience problems departing Zimbabwe. 4. Please comment on any information relating to MDC sponsorship of students to study abroad, including payment of their tuition fees. 5. Please provide information in relation to the 2008 elections, including the timing and outcomes. Please also provide information on the 2008 MDC candidates in the areas near Westgate, Harare, and Borrowdale, Harare.

5 January 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

India: 1. What is the MIM and what is its relationship to the Muslim Youth Association and the Muslim Youth League. 2. Can it be confirmed that at any time in the 1990s, the President of either MIM or the Muslim League Association was Mr Akbaruddin Owas or that the treasurer was Mohammed Osman. Is it possible to confirm that Mohammed Osman was shot dead by police in 1997? 3. Are there any reports of violent clashes in July 2001 between the MiM and Hindu nationalist groups? 4. What is the current position in relation to conflict between Muslims and Hindus in Hyderabad? 5. Is there effective state protection for Muslims in Hyderabad? 6. Is there effective state protection for Muslims elsewhere in India? 7. Are there any laws or other known factors which would prevent a Muslim person from Hyderabad relocating to another part of India to seek state protection? 8. Deleted. 9. Please provide information on the background of the BJP and discuss the likelihood of the organisation targeting or harming political or religious opponents in Hyderabad or other parts of India?

17 December 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Myanmar: 1. Please comment on the treatment of ethnic Indians. Are ethnic Indians or Anglo-Indians targeted in Burma? 2. Are ethnic Indians or Anglo-Indians denied full citizenship rights in Burma? Do they face restrictions on their travel within Burma and on their career opportunities? 3. Are Anglo-Burmese targeted? 4. Are Anglo-Burmese denied full citizenship rights in Burma? Do they face restrictions to travel within Burma or career opportunities? 5. Are Christians, including Catholics, targeted in Burma? 6. Please provide information on the kidnapping of people by the army who then force them into slave labour, especially those who are Christian, or of Indian and Anglo-Burmese descent. 7. Is Thanpyuzat located in an 'insurgent area' in Burma? 8. Are those who return to Burma from Western countries targeted?

27 September 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: 1. Some purported North Koreans state that they have never held a travel document in their hands, and does not know the identity recorded in their passport. If true, this implies that such passengers and their escorts are confident that Immigration officials accept documents that are handled exclusively by their escorts, and that the officials do not engage directly with the passenger. Can the Department indicate whether or not this is usual practice? (The incoming passengers may well be part of tour groups from China.) 2. What do North Korean ID cards look like and in what circumstances must a person carry one? 3. (a) Is there any information on DPRK (truck) driver licences? (b) Is there any information on the age or other requirements to undertake such work? 4. Do young men undertake military training or camps whilst at school? Were there any periods where famine required them in practice to work instead on farms? 5. What foreign languages are taught in DPRK schools? (Chinese?) 6. (a) Where is Sunghu-Dong? (b) Please. provide, if available, a map and details of landmarks, etc. for Hyesan City. (c) Is there cross-border traffic between Hyesan and the neighbouring PRC localities? 7. Is there any information on DPRK medical exemptions to military service? 8. Do reports indicate or suggest the extent to which North Koreans in China adopt false names or take other measures to avoid PRC authorities?

20 July 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Zimbabwe: 1. Deleted. 2. Deleted. 3. Please provide a general update on the situation for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members, both rank and file members and prominent leaders, in respect to their possible treatment and risk of serious harm in Zimbabwe. 4. Please provide an update on the present situation in respect of Zimbabwean nationals who have lived and studied in Australia being regarded as spies in Zimbabwe upon their return to that country. 5. Please provide information on whether there were problems or delays or refusal in the granting of Zimbabwean passports to MDC members leading up to January and February 2003.

21 June 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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