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Sri Lanka: Situation in northern Sri Lanka, including information on internally displaced persons (IDPs), emergency regulations, mobility rights, security checks and treatment of women (December 2009 - January 2011)

22 February 2011 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Whether Thandikulam checkpoint in Vavuniya ever opened after its May 1997 closure, and if so, the dates of opening; or whether Uyilankulam checkpoint remained the only access point for people to travel from the uncleared to cleared area in Vavuniya

1 October 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Updates to LKA29438.E of 17 July 1998 on the freedom of movement from the North and East to Colombo since January 1997; LKA29471.E of 18 June 1998 on the practice of transporting Tamils from Vavuniya holding centres to the CID in Colombo; LKA29470.E of 24 June 1998 on reports of torture on Tamils since January 1996; LKA29469.E of 16 June 1998 on the confiscation by police of NICs of detainees; LKA29318.E of 4 May 1998 on the situation of Tamils in Badulla and LKA29463.E of 8 June 1998 providing general information on Inuvil in Jaffna district

1 September 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Whether there is a railway link from Murunkan to Colombo, whether it was ever interrupted by the conflict between 1995 and 1997 and whether a government or SLA permit is required to board the train

1 May 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Travel from Mannar mainland between 1995 and 1997, in particular from Murunkan and the surrounding area) to Colombo, whether permission has ever been required for these residents to travel to Colombo, and whether the land route was interrupted by the conflict

1 May 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Information from four specialists on current conditions in the North and East, the Vavuniya area and Colombo

1 July 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Current information on the whereabouts and situation of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, Thomas Sauvundaranayagam, and on whether he has experienced any difficulties with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the security forces in Jaffna or elsewhere

1 June 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Information on arbitrary arrests or detentions in Jaffna of Roman Catholic priests generally, and more specifically of Catholic Tamil priests, by either the security forces or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), following the Bishop of Jaffna's April 1996 statement

1 June 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Current information corroborating 10 November 1996 and 24 November 1996 Virakesari reports that people arriving in Colombo, particularly from the north, are only allowed to stay for a maximum of three days pursuant to recent police or government directives

1 February 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Sri Lanka: Update to Response to Information Request LKA9388.E of 15 October 1991 on the refugee camp in Vavuniya since February 1995, specifically on who operates the camp; on whether any monitoring or tracking of people in the camp is done and if so, on the methods used; on whether there are any restrictions on the freedom of movement in or out of the camp of the people within the camp; on whether the people in the camp are provided with money; and on whether the camps are monitored by human rights groups to ensure that those staying there are not abused

1 May 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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