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Query Responses

Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
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Fiji: 1. Please provide an update, focussing on a) level of societal discrimination against lesbians in Fiji, especially Indian Hindus; b) official discrimination against lesbians; and c) access to police protection for lesbians.

26 May 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. Please provide information regarding the 2007 immigration and passport scam in Fiji involving travel agent Alvin Raj; Indian nationals Manoj Kumar Khera, Prakash Garana, Kishore Jentilal Khera and Sanjay Jentilal Khera; and immigration officials Uday Kumar Nath and Eroni Tuberi. Please advise the current status of the case.

11 March 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. Would an 18-year-old Indo Fijian woman, from Lautoka, be able to get protection from being harassed, abducted and raped by a young native Fijian male?

5 March 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: Availability of state protection for Indo-Fijians, including protection available to women victims of sexual violence (2007-2009)

18 November 2009 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: Situation of Indo-Fijians in Suva; particularly women (2007-2009)

18 November 2009 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. Where is the village of Nawaka? 2. How far is the village from Nadi? 3. How many people live in the village? 4. How many indigenous Fijians live in the village? How many Indo-Fijians live in the village? 5. Is there a local police station in the village or close by? 6. Where do the majority of Indo Fijians live in Fiji?

30 October 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. What conflicts exist between Fijian Indians and indigenous Fijians? 2. Can authorities protect citizens from racially motivated attacks? 3. Would a widow be more at risk of racially motivated attacks? 4. Is relocation an option for an indigenous Fijian widow?

15 September 2009 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. What is the current situation for ethnic Fijian Indians in Fiji? 2. In particular if they are members of the Fiji Labour Party (FLP)? 3. How effective is state protection in Fiji for ethnic Fijian Indians against non state agents? 4. What is the situation for female ethnic Fijian Indians in particular? 5. Whether the situation would be the same throughout Fiji or whether relocation an issue?

17 July 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Fiji: 1. Is it a common cultural practice for couples in arranged marriages to see each other first before the respective families traditionally seal the marriage? 2. What is the significance of a legal wedding vis-à-vis a traditional Nikah wedding in the Indo Fijian Muslim context? 3. Is the traditional Nikah wedding always conducted at the girl's place ? following the custom that the boy should permanently take the girl from her place to his? 4. Is it likely for the engagement to take place in Fiji and the wedding in Australia away from the bride's family? 5. Is it likely the wedding to take place at a relative's house away from the girl's family? 6. Is it usual, in the absence of any compelling or case specific reasons, for an Indo Fijian Muslim woman who has never married before to marry a man who was previously divorced?

27 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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