Statistics
Our work in 2012
In 2012 CASE assisted a total of 816 people through our
migration, review and generalist work.
CASE for Refugees opened a total of 383 migration files
which assisted a total of 562 people. We lodged a total
of 176 applications throughout the year - being 132 family reunion
visas and 44 protection visas. We received decisions
on 20 protection applications and 55 family reunion
applications. Our Family Reunion success rate is about
56%.
We submitted 28 appeals to the Refugee and Migration Review
Tribunals. Our success rate at the MRT/RRT is approximately
58%.
We provided one-off advice services to 141 clients and also
successfully completed and closed 176 files.
Our clients came from 49 countries across the
world with our largest client groups are people coming from
Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan and Burma.
Our 65 active volunteers gave a total
of 3177 hours of work in 2012. Our volunteers
include lawyers, migration agents, law students and many
others.