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Ethiopia: Information on intermarriage between the Issa and Somali Arabs

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 November 1996
Citation / Document Symbol ETH25389.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ethiopia: Information on intermarriage between the Issa and Somali Arabs, 1 November 1996, ETH25389.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abb464.html [accessed 2 June 2023]
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Specific information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. For general information on marriage practices in Ethiopia, however, please consult Response to Information Request ETH25150.E of 3 October 1996. For general information on the marriage practices of Somali women, please consult the April 1994 DIRB Human Rights Brief Women in Somalia.

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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

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Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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