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Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
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Fiji: 1. Please advise whether there are incidents of domestic or family violence where an Indian-Fijian Muslim female in a relationship with an Australian Christian would be in danger from her family. 2. Please provide information as to whether the authorities, including the Police, are willing and able to provide assistance to women in these circumstances. 3. Is there recourse to the Courts?

6 November 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. Is it a common cultural practice for couples in arranged marriages to see each other first before the respective families traditionally seal the marriage? 2. What is the significance of a legal wedding vis-à-vis a traditional Nikah wedding in the Indo Fijian Muslim context? 3. Is the traditional Nikah wedding always conducted at the girl's place ? following the custom that the boy should permanently take the girl from her place to his? 4. Is it likely for the engagement to take place in Fiji and the wedding in Australia away from the bride's family? 5. Is it likely the wedding to take place at a relative's house away from the girl's family? 6. Is it usual, in the absence of any compelling or case specific reasons, for an Indo Fijian Muslim woman who has never married before to marry a man who was previously divorced?

27 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: Information on the status of unwed single mothers within the Muslim and Hindu communities, on how an unwed Muslim mother would be considered in her community if the father of her child was Hindu, on whether the unwed Muslim mother would be precluded from employment because of her status, and on the availability of human rights and women's associations which provide help and support to these single mothers

1 May 1995 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: Information on whether a Muslim can marry a Hindu, on the legal provisions for marriage, and on whether all marriages are performed by religious or civil authorities

1 May 1995 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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