Bangladesh: Information on whether there is intermarriage between members of the Chakma tribe and Bengalis at the present time; on whether the practice is tolerated by each ethnic group; and on the social reactions to it
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BGD22388.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bangladesh: Information on whether there is intermarriage between members of the Chakma tribe and Bengalis at the present time; on whether the practice is tolerated by each ethnic group; and on the social reactions to it, 1 December 1995, BGD22388.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaf71c.html [accessed 26 May 2023] |
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Information on these subjects 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
State of Human Rights 1994 Bangladesh [Dhaka]. January 1995.
On-line search of media sources.
Oral sources.
Note on oral sources:
Oral sources are usually contacted when documentary sources have been exhausted. However, oral sources must agree to be quoted in a publicly available Response to Information Request. If they refuse, the Response will read "no information currently available." Contacting oral sources is also subject to time constraints; for example, there are periods of the year when academics are unavailable.
