Croatia and Italy: Update to Responses to Information Requests ZZZ25891.E and ZZZ25892.E of 15 January 1997 on an agreement between Croatia and Italy that would have permitted Serbian civilians and POW's to enter Italy on 30-day visas and remain in refugee camps
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ZZZ26389.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Croatia and Italy: Update to Responses to Information Requests ZZZ25891.E and ZZZ25892.E of 15 January 1997 on an agreement between Croatia and Italy that would have permitted Serbian civilians and POW's to enter Italy on 30-day visas and remain in refugee camps, 1 February 1997, ZZZ26389.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad2343.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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The attached 16 January 1997 e-mail from Citizenship and Immigration Canada states that neither the Canadian ambassador in Zagreb nor a senior official at the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) has heard of such an arrangement.
Additional information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Refugee Branch, Asylum Section (RBAD), Ottawa.. 16 January 1997. E-Mail.
Attachment
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Refugee Branch, Asylum Section (RBAD), Ottawa.. 16 January 1997. E-Mail.
Additional Sources Consulted
One Canadian mission abroad still has not yet responded.
Note on contacting Canadian diplomatic representatives serving abroad:
The DIRB must go through the Refugee Branch, Asylum Division of Citizenship and Immigration Canada in order to ask questions of Canadian diplomatic representatives serving abroad. The procedures for contacting Canadian missions will cause delays in responding to Information Requests. Moreover, ability to obtain information is subject to Canadian missions' resource limitations.
