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Yemen: Whether an exit visa is required, and penalties for illegal departure

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 8 June 2000
Citation / Document Symbol YEM34516.E
Reference 4
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yemen: Whether an exit visa is required, and penalties for illegal departure, 8 June 2000, YEM34516.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad1c14.html [accessed 16 October 2022]
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On 5 June 2000 an official at the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Ottawa stated that since 1990 there has been no requirement to get a permit to leave Yemen.

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.

Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, Ottawa. 5 June 2000. Telephone interview with an official.

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