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Pakistan: UNHCR's position on Azad Kashmir and whether ethnic Kashmiris are considered "people of concern"

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 May 1999
Citation / Document Symbol PAK31767.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: UNHCR's position on Azad Kashmir and whether ethnic Kashmiris are considered "people of concern", 1 May 1999, PAK31767.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5430.html [accessed 4 June 2023]
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The Research Directorate was unable to obtain information from UNHCR on its position on Azad Kashmir and whether it considers ethnic Kashmiris to be "people of concern."  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. Please find below the sources contacted and consulted in researching this Information Request.

Source Contacted

        UNHCR-Ottawa.

Additional Source Consulted

        USCR. 1998. World Refugee Survey 1998.

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