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Poland: Update to Response to Information Request POL17516.E of 31 May 1994 on the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians and Ukrainian Catholics

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 April 1997
Citation / Document Symbol POL26429.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Poland: Update to Response to Information Request POL17516.E of 31 May 1994 on the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians and Ukrainian Catholics, 1 April 1997, POL26429.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac1a94.html [accessed 18 October 2022]
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For information on the situation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic minority, please consult the second paragraph under the National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities heading of Section 5 of Country Reports 1996, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres. 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.

Additional Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly.

DIRB country file on Poland.

DIRB databases.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.

Minority Rights Group International Report [London]. Irregular.

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.

Transition [Prague]. Twice monthly.

Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Quarterly.

On-line search of media sources.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.

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