Albania: Information on the treatment of the families of people who have emigrated from Albania for political reasons and claimed refugee status abroad
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ALB22460.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Albania: Information on the treatment of the families of people who have emigrated from Albania for political reasons and claimed refugee status abroad, 1 December 1995, ALB22460.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab8a58.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, the attachments may be of interest.
The first attached document is the 1991 Law on the Acquittal, Pardon and Rehabilitation of Former Political Conflicts and Exiles. Under article 2 of this law,
"all Albanian citizens who had escaped from Albania in the course of the war or upon the liberation of the country at any time until 8 May 1990, because of their political convictions or activities, with the exception of those who had committed acts of terrorism and sabotage resulting in death or other grave consequences, shall be deemed guiltless. Other shall be amnestied".
For further information on the treatment of Albanians who fled the country during the Communist regime upon their return to Albania, please refer to page 725 of Country Reports 1994.
The second attached document is a 1 October 1995 report on a recent increase of the number of requests for political asylum being made to foreign embassies in Tirana.
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 in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Albania. The Law on the Acquittal, Pardon and Rehabilitation of Former Political Conflicts and Exiles. 29 April 1991. (REFLEG/HCRViews)
Attachments
Albania [Tirana, in Albanian]. 1 October 1995. "Asylum Requests to Western Embassies Increasing." (FBIS-EEU-95-192 4 Oct. 1995, p. 2)
Albania. The Law on the Acquittal, Pardon and Rehabilitation of Former Political Conflicts and Exiles. 29 April 1991. (REFLEG/HCRViews)
Sources Consulted
Amnesty International. September 1995. Concerns in Europe: January-June 1995.
_____. June 1994. Concerns In Europe: November 1993-April 1994.
Amnesty International country file. January 1994-Present.
Amnesty Internation Report 1995. 1995.
Country Reports 1994. 1995.
Critique 1994. July 1995.
CSCE. Implementation of the Helsinki Accords: Human Rights and Democratization in Albania. January 1994.
DIRB country file. January 1994-Present.
Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1994. 1995.
FBIS Daily Reports. January 1991-27 November 1995.
HCRViews.
RFE/RL Research Report. January 1994-August 1995.
Transition [Prague]. January-October 1995.
On-line searches.
Oral sources.
