Sri Lanka: Follow-up to Response to Information Request LKA23838.E of 15 May 1996 on the February 1995 repatriation of Sri Lankans from India to Sri Lanka, specifically on whether the Indian government or aid agencies prepared lists of those people repatriated to Sri Lanka and whether the list of those repatriated in February 1995 would be available; on whether those repatriated were provided with travel documents and if so, on the type of document provided and what was done with them once the people arrived in Sri Lanka and on whether those repatriated received identity documents from the government
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA24404.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Follow-up to Response to Information Request LKA23838.E of 15 May 1996 on the February 1995 repatriation of Sri Lankans from India to Sri Lanka, specifically on whether the Indian government or aid agencies prepared lists of those people repatriated to Sri Lanka and whether the list of those repatriated in February 1995 would be available; on whether those repatriated were provided with travel documents and if so, on the type of document provided and what was done with them once the people arrived in Sri Lanka and on whether those repatriated received identity documents from the government, 1 June 1996, LKA24404.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aac810.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
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For information on these subjects, please consult the attached letter dated 10 June 1996, which was faxed to the DIRB by the High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, in Ottawa.
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.
Attachment
High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ottawa. 10 June 1996. Letter faxed to the DIRB.
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