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United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Resource Information Center (RIC) was established to meet the information needs of the Asylum Officer and Immigration Officer Corps in the USA and overseas by providing credible and objective information on conditions in the countries of origin of asylum and refugee applicants. To meet this need, the RIC obtains information from reputable human rights monitors, government agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia and the media. The RIC then compiles this information in a variety of publications that are distributed to the Officer Corps. The RIC is a Branch of the Asylum Division in the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (US Department of Homeland Security).

This database includes RIC Profiles, Perspectives, Alerts, Question and Answer Papers (classified as "Country Reports") and RIC Query Responses (classified as "Responses to Information Requests"). Website: uscis.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/
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Eritrea: Information on the Kunama ethnic group

13 May 2003 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Iran: Information on women, religious freedom, and ethnic minorities

15 July 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Burma [Myanmar]: Information on ethnic minorities, democracy movement

24 June 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Indonesia: Information on treatment of ethnic Chinese

17 May 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: Information on the Oromo Ethnic Group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO)

18 April 2001 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: Information on the Hadiya ethnic group

10 January 2001 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: Information on the possible arrest and deportation of Ethiopian-citizen spouses and dependants of "ethnic Eritreans"

20 October 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Liberia: Information on the Krahn ethnic group

5 October 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Liberia: Information on the physical markings of various ethnic groups

5 October 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Georgia: Information on the treatment of ethnic Russians

25 May 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

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