Latvia: Information on whether KGB employees are being barred from Latvian citizenship
Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
Publication Date | 1 October 1994 |
Citation / Document Symbol | LVA18589.E |
Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Latvia: Information on whether KGB employees are being barred from Latvian citizenship, 1 October 1994, LVA18589.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab436e.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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For information on this subject, please find the attached documents.
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.
Attachments
Los Angeles Times. 8 June 1993. Sonni Efron. "Russians: Becoming Strangers in their Homeland". (Nexis).
. 31 January 1993. Alan Cooperman. "Latvian-Style Affirmative Action Deeply Divides Diverse Population". (Nexis)
Reuters. 30 August 1994. Richard Balmforth. "Latvian Citizenship Law Bewilders, Angers Russians". (Nexis)
Russia Information Inc. 11 June 1994. Irina Litvinova. "Destiny of Latvia "Non-Citizens" Clarified. (Nexis)
The New York Times. 31 August 1994. Steven Erlanger. "Russia to Complete Troop Pullout in Lithuania". (Nexis)
United Press International (UPI). 22 June 1994. "Latvian Government Opposes Citizenship Law". (Nexis)
. 21 June 1994. "Latvia Votes in Tough Citizenship Law". (Nexis)