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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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Venezuela: Background information on the referendum process

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

Colombia: Information regarding political violence and voting practices in Colombia

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

Cambodia: Information on PG Jail in Phnom Penh from 1979-1981

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

Iraq: Information on treatment of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians

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

Sudan: Information on Human Rights Violations in Juba Circa 1963; Human Rights Violations Linked to the Republican Guard Between 1966 and 1969; Forcing Compliance of Tribal Leaders with Nimeiri's Policies Between 1983 and 1985; and Execution of Soldiers by the Sudanese Military from 1985 to 1989

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

Cameroon: Information on Ambazonia, Cameroon Democratic Party, Social Democratic Front (SDF), and Anti-Gang [Brigade]

20 December 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

China: Information on forced exile and travel restrictions

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

Rwanda: Information on the role of the Interhamwe [also Interahamwe] militia and the use of roadblocks during the 1994 Rwandan genocide

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

Burma [Myanmar]: Information on exit and return

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

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