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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Sri Lanka: Information on the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP), including on the relationship between the EPDP and the Sri Lankan Army, whether they mistreat Tamil populations in the north or in Colombo; if so, whether they extort Tamils 27 September 2010 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: The treatment of ethnic Chinese in Sri Lanka 30 April 2003 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Update to LKA29682.E of 6 July 1998 on treatment of Muslims who are of Tamil ethnic origin, or who speak Tamil, by government authorities and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (January 1999 - February 2000) 24 February 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: A copy of the Immigrants and Emigrants (Amendment) Act No. 42 of 1998; reports confirming that Tamils have recently been arrested under this law; the reasons for the arrests; how long they are detained if arrested; their treatment while in prison; and information on the newspaper Tamil Guardian 1 July 1999 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Freedom of Sri Lankan and foreign journalists and press agencies to seek information from independent sources (not under the control of the government) and to verify for themselves information regarding ethnic minorities; membership of the Free Media Movement (FMM) and history of organization; whether the organization has experienced problems with the Sri Lankan authorities (1998-1999) 1 July 1999 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Janasavia Trust Fund, including when it was set up and by whom; funding, activities and where they are carried out; names of executive officers, number of employees; to whom it is accountable; any connections to the government; ethnic make-up; when it was closed down and by whom; the reasons for its closure; and any international connections including to the World Bank (since 1985) 1 July 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Update to Response to Information Requests LKA27504.E, LKA20885.E, LKA15605.E and LKA20638.E regarding the current treatment of Muslims who are of Tamil ethnic origin by the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army in the eastern region of Sri Lanka, particularly the Batticaloa region, and on whether the LTTE extort money from Muslim and Tamil businessmen 1 July 1998 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Information from the Colombo-based human rights organization Movement for Inter Racial Justice and Equality (MIRJE) on current country conditions 1 June 1997 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Information on whether Tamils are living in Badullah town and the ethnic make up of the area, on whether there is evidence of Tamils being mistreated there, and on whether the town is under government control 1 February 1997 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Sri Lanka: Information from the Canadian High Commission in Colombo on the ethnic composition of the Vavuniya police force from 1992 to 1995 1 October 1996 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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