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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Poland: General information on the Confederation for an Independent Poland (KPN) 1 September 1994 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Poland: 1) Is there any evidence that persons who are former communist party members are treated with mistrust or in any unfair way by the authorities in Poland (either the old administration or Solidarity) where those persons try to find employment or obtain social benefits generally available to the population? 2) Has ZOMO been officially disbanded and, if so, when? 3) What information is available on a special closed unit of ZOMO called ORZYSZ or OZHYSH? Does it still exist, perhaps in another form, if ZOMO has been disbanded? 4) Do the police in Poland in cities or smaller places still act in an arbitrary manner, ignoring basic human rights and calling people in for questioning in an arbitrary manner? 5) Do people who have been fired from their jobs in Poland experience great difficulty in obtaining new employment? Any figures on the unemployment rate? 6) Is it common practice to fire people who are subjected to questioning by the police? Do the police, as a means of punishing or harassing individuals relay information on them to their employers to cause the employer to fire the employees? 7) Is the military draft still in effect in Poland? What is the penalty for avoiding military service? 8) Any information on the organization called ZSMP? Are students who refuse to join subjected to any special treatment such as being given extra low marks or being put out of class? 9) Has censorship been eliminated in Poland? 1 August 1990 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Poland: What recourses are available to people who have been wronged by the local or other authorities? To whom can they appeal? 1 July 1990 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Poland: 1) The situation in Lublin regarding persecution and/or imprisonment of Solidarity members 2) Information on those returned to Poland since Solidarity's rise to power 3) Recent information on Solidarity activities in Lublin or elsewhere in Poland and reaction of the local authorities 1 November 1989 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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