Germany: Whether the government requested (officially or unofficially) that refugee claimants withdraw their application for refugee status in exchange for the insertion of visas in their passports that would permit them to work and reside outside of refugee camps (July 1993 - January 1995)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DEU30336.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Germany: Whether the government requested (officially or unofficially) that refugee claimants withdraw their application for refugee status in exchange for the insertion of visas in their passports that would permit them to work and reside outside of refugee camps (July 1993 - January 1995), 1 October 1998, DEU30336.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0514.html [accessed 10 October 2022] |
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No information on whether the German authorities requested that refugee claimants withdraw their application for refugee status, in exchange for the insertion of visas in their passports that would allow them to work or reside outside refugee camps, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report. 1994, 1995.
Electronic sources: IRB databases, Internet, NEXIS/LEXIS, REFWORLD, WNC.
Human Rights Watch World Report. 1994, 1995.
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. Annual Report. 1995.
Resource Centre country file on Germany. July 1993 - January 1995.
Two oral sources contacted did not provide information on the requested topic.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other oral sources.
