Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal

The Refugee Review Tribunal was a statutory body which provided a final, independent, merits review of decisions made by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship or, in practice, by officers of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), acting as delegates of the Minister, to refuse to grant protection visas to non-citizens within Australia, or to cancel protection visas held by non-citizens in Australia. The Tribunal was established in 1993 under Part 7 of the Act and replaced the Refugee Status Review Committee (RSRC). On 1 July 2015 the Refugee Review Tribunal was amalgamated into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Website: www.aat.gov.au/

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Afghanistan: 1. Please provide a demography of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, especially the Tajik population, and whether they have any particular profile. 2. Please provide a demography of Mazar-e-Sharif, especially the Tajik population, and whether they have any particular profile. 3. Is there any updated information on whether the Taliban are targeting Tajiks in Kabul? 4. Is there any updated information on whether the Taliban are targeting Tajiks in Mazar-e-Sharif? 5. Is there any information on the position of Tajiks (particularly wealthy Tajiks) in Kabul and their access to State protection if needed? 2 June 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Kenya: 1. Is there continuing ethnic tension in Kenya between the Kikuyu and Luo tribes? 2. To what extent do members of the Luo tribe suffer discrimination or harm from members of the Mungiki or from Kikuyu people generally? 3. What is the situation in this regard in the Mathare area of Nairobi? 4. Are there other areas of Nairobi or Kenya where people of the Luo tribe might be safe from tribal violence? 5. Do the Mungiki or the Kikuyu tribe practice female circumcision? 6. Are there any reports of Luo women being circumcised or threatened with circumcision by members of the Mungiki or the Kikuyu tribe? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of single women and their children by the state and by Kenyan society generally. 8. What protection is available to single women who might fear harm (including circumcision) or discrimination? 1 March 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Bangladesh: 1. Please give a brief update on the situation for Chakmas in Bangladesh, in particular: (a) communities in the Chittagong Hills Tract (CHT); and (b) Chakmas living elsewhere (eg. Dhaka, Gazipur). 2. Please provide brief snapshots of the Hills Women's Federation, Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS); their missions, relationship with one another and whether members are known to be at risk of mistreatment. 3. Do reports indicate whether the Bangladeshi Army or others target people involved in political debate or pro-Jumma activism outside the CHT? 4. Is the Bangladeshi Army known to arrest those who assist the CHT Commission during its visits to CHT locations? (The CHT Commission's views, and in particular, any comment on their August 2009 visit to Kamalchari, would be particularly useful.) 4 February 2011 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Germany: 1. Please obtain figures on migration to Germany or German citizens whose parents are immigrants. Please include details of countries of origin. 2. What evidence is there of discrimination and abuse of foreigners or children of foreign parents living in Germany. 3. Please provide some specific information in this regard about Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony, for example what kind of community it is and evidence of extremist far right groups there. 4. What has the government reaction been to far-right groups and groups that vilify foreigners or display racial hatred? Please include information on government law and policies, the police force and judiciary. 5. Is there evidence of far-right groups celebrating Hitler's birthday? 6. Are there any surveys available dealing with community attitudes to racism, migration etc in Germany? 17 November 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
China: 1. Although circumstances are not good for Uighurs in PRC generally, are there places where the situation is less oppressive for them or where they are more likely to be left alone by the authorities? 2. Have there been any significant changes/events relating to the PRC authorities and Uighurs in East Turkistan in recent months? 13 May 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Afghanistan: 1. Please provide information about whether in 1989 or 1990 there was trouble in Afghanistan whereby Hazaras were being killed by the Pushtuns, Tajiks and Uzbeks? 2. Is there evidence to confirm Afghan Hazaras escaped to Pakistan around this time? 3. Please provide further information about property disputes in Afghanistan back to the 1980's. 4. Please provide information on the treatment or protection of illegal Afghan Hazara Shia Muslim refugees, especially those who moved into Pakistan around 1989 or 1990, by the Pakistani authorities. Is the treatment of those who moved then any different to the treatment of those who moved more recently? 5. Please provide information about the Wahabis and Sunni Muslims and the Baloch targeting the Hazaras in Pakistan. 6. Is there information indicating that Hazara people in Quetta are unable to go out freely at night or that they are found dead in the streets? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of the Hazaras of the Shia Muslim religion in Afghanistan and whether they face serious harm in Afghanistan. 8. Please provide information on whether the authorities in Afghanistan, most of whom are not Hazara, can actually protect Hazaras. 15 April 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
Turkey: 1. Please obtain the names of Kurdish tribes and Kurdish languages primarily spoken in Igdir. 2. Please advise the address of the DTP office in Antalya in 2006? 3. Who were the leading figures in the DTP nationally in 2007? 4. Are DTP supporters being targeted for any harm because of their support? 5. Please also provide an update on the current human rights situation for Kurds in Turkey, and how the situation for them has evolved since early 2008 (when TUR32816 was written). Please identify the characteristics among the Kurdish population that continue to attract state-backed harm, and also give some context to this with information on the situation for people of Kurdish background generally 14 September 2009 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
India: 1. Are Sindhi community organisations aware of any instances in which Sindhis have been attacked as Dalits in Maharashtra? Can they comment on whether mainstream Hindus might perceive certain Sindhi castes as being associated with untouchable status? 2. Are Sindhi community organisations aware of lower caste Sindhis being refused protection by police in Maharashtra, or elsewhere, on the basis of their identity? 3. If it is the case that lower caste Sindhis have experienced problems in Maharashtra, can Sindhi community organisations comment on whether conditions are more favourable for lower caste Sindhis in other states of India? 9 October 2007 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
China: 1. What is the current security situation in the Solomon Islands with respect to foreigners and people of Chinese ethnicity in particular? 2. Is there a real risk of Chinese people suffering harm in the Solomon Islands? 3. What is the current population of Chinese persons in the Solomon Islands and what are they generally engaged in doing in the country? 4. What is the general attitude of the authorities including the courts, towards foreigners and their security? 5. Do disabled people suffer harm in China? 6. Are there government and NGO facilities for the disabled in China? 7. Are there government sponsored health programs to assist the needy? 8. Are there special facilities for the disabled? 9. Can you provide any information on access to basic medical and social services? 10. Are disabled children denied access to education? 11. Are there any programs deigned for the disabled in China? 12. Do the Chinese authorities allow Christians to practice their religion in the privacy of their homes? 13. To what countries could the standard of care in hospitals in China be compared to? 14. Question deleted 4 October 2006 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
China: 1. Please provide any information on a PSB crackdown on the Christian group, the Local church or Shouters, in or around Guiyang, Guizong province in January 2006. 2. Please provide any information on the activities of the Local Church - the Shouters - in Guiyang, Guizong province and the attitudes of the authorities to that group from 2004. 3. Please provide information on the Miao village in and near Guiyang, Guizong, including their beliefs. 4. Please provide any specific information on the Miao ethnic group and their following of Christianity and the Local Church in and near Guiyang, Guizong Province 3 October 2006 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses

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