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Disclosure of Information to Prescribed International Organisations 2016/068

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This instrument authorises Australian immigration officials to disclose personal information held under migration law to eight specified international organisations, including the Red Cross, the UN, Interpol, the IOM, the IMF and two international criminal tribunals.

It affects visa holders, refugees and others in the migration system by permitting lawful sharing of identity, visa status or location data to support humanitarian aid, family reunification, protection and war‑crimes or criminal investigations.

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DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO PRESCRIBED

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO PRESCRIBED INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS 2016/068

(Regulation 5.34E)

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under regulation 5.34E of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):

SPECIFY the following international organisations as prescribed international organisations for the purposes for regulation 5.34E of the Regulations:
1. International Committee of the Red Cross;
2. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda;
3. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia;
4. International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
5. International Monetary Fund;
6. The International Organisation for Migration;
7. Interpol;
8. The United Nations.

This Instrument, Disclosure of Information to Prescribed International Organisations 2016/068, IMMI 16/068, is taken to have commenced on 1 April 2016.

Dated: 12 July 2016

Peter Dutton

THE HON PETER DUTTON MP

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

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DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO PRESCRIBED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO PRESCRIBED INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS 2016/068