El Salvador: Information on the requirements in place for Salvadorians who had been living in Costa Rica but who were returning to El Salvador to obtain safe-conduct passes in the fall of 1990 from the Salvadorian authorities, on the criteria for issuance of such a document, and on whether there was any control or follow-up made by Salvadorian authorities to ascertain that the holder entered El Salvador in conformity with his safe-conduct pass
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SLV21211.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, El Salvador: Information on the requirements in place for Salvadorians who had been living in Costa Rica but who were returning to El Salvador to obtain safe-conduct passes in the fall of 1990 from the Salvadorian authorities, on the criteria for issuance of such a document, and on whether there was any control or follow-up made by Salvadorian authorities to ascertain that the holder entered El Salvador in conformity with his safe-conduct pass, 1 August 1995, SLV21211.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab257c.html [accessed 20 October 2022] |
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For information on the acquisition process of a safe-conduct pass in 1990, please consult the attached document. Please note that the acronym COPREFA stands for Consejo de Prensa de las Fuerzas Armadas (Armed Forces Press Council).
No information could be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB on whether there was a control or follow-up made by Salvadorian authorities on safe-conduct pass holders .
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 by the DIRB for this Response to Information Request.
Attachment
"El Salvador Chronology". March 1990. El Rescate. Los Angeles. Vol. 5, No. 3.
Additional Sources Consulted
Central America Newspak [Austin, Tx]. Bi-monthly.
Central America Report [Guatemala City]. Weekly.
Central America Update [Toronto]. Monthly.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Immigration and Nationality: Law and Practice [London]. Quarterly. Tolley Publishing Company.
Indexed Media Review (IMR)
Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA). Yearly. Annual Reports: General Concerns and Brief Country Reports.
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. Weekly.
Latin America Update [Washington]. Monthly.
Latin American Newsletters [London]. Monthly.
Latin American Regional Reports: Southern Cone Report [London].
La lettre de Reporters sans frontières [Paris]. Monthly.
Relevant laws on citizenship.
Oral sources.
