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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Zambia: Forced marriages, particularly within the Bemba ethnic group, and availability of state protection; existence, among the Bemba people, of the practices called "Ichisungu" and "Ndembo" prior to such a marriage, and if so, information on how those practices are conducted, including the persons who conduct them (April 2005) 13 April 2005 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Zambia: Marriage: Information about a tradition of arranged and/or forced marriages in Zambia. Extent to which marriages are arranged and whether this is peculiar to a particular social group, the consequences for a woman, and the social impact of a refusal to proceed with the marriage 1 March 1991 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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