AUSTRALIA ON UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS

UNCLAS CANBERRA 001201 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR RMA USEU FOR MEZNAR TIBLISI FOR REFCOORD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREF PHUM PREL AS SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA ON UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS REF: STATE 131485 We delivered reftel demarche and background paper to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Director for People Smuggling, Refugees, and Immigration Lloyd Brodrick and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMIA) Assistant Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs Robyn Bicket. Brodrick responded that he and Bicket had been discussing the matter with their counterparts in the United States, Canada and Sweden for most of the week, and that he was hopeful that a cooperative solution would soon be reached. STANTON