Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) is Canada's largest independent administrative tribunal, responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. It consists of three divisions: the Refugee Protection Division; the Immigration Division; and the Immigration Appeal Division. The Refugee Protection Division decides claims for refugee protection made by people already in Canada. Website: www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/

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Senegal: The situation of women of the Toucouleur ethnic group, including whether they are subjected to forced marriages; if so, whether this practice applies to educated women; the risk incurred by a woman who refuses such a marriage; the attitude of the government authorities toward forced marriages; the possible recourse and state protection available to women subjected to forced marriages (March 2004) 2 April 2004 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Senegal: Administrative procedures that govern the granting of international scholarships by the government of Senegal for its citizens to study abroad, whether these scholarship awarded wholly or in part on the basis on the applicant's tribe or ethnicity, or on a quota system, and whether individuals of Diola (Jola) origin are ever awarded such scholarships 1 April 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Senegal: Whether individuals of Diola (Jola) origin from the Casamance region are discriminated against by the ruling elite, the civil service and other ethnic groups in other regions of Senegal and whether any persons of Diola origin have held any substantial positions of power in Senegal since its independence 1 April 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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