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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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Lebanon: Military service obligations in South Lebanon for a young Shiite in 1999 and 2000; whether military service would have been required in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) or the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during these years

22 December 2015 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Liban : information sur les obligations relatives au service militaire dans le Sud du Liban pour les jeunes chiites en 1999 et en 2000; information indiquant si le service militaire dans les Forces armées libanaises (Lebanese Armed Forces - LAF) ou l'Armée du Liban Sud (South Lebanon Army - SLA) était obligatoire pendant ces années

22 December 2015 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: Recruitment practices of Hezbollah, including forced recruitment, such as Shi'ite youth; consequences for those that refuse to join; availability of state protection; regions controlled by Hezbollah, including ability to locate a person wanted by the group who returns to Lebanon; presence of Hezbollah spies or informers in areas outside the organization's control; whether Lebanese Shi'ite students returning from international study are considered spies upon returning to the country (2013- October 2015)

29 October 2015 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Liban : information sur les pratiques de recrutement du Hezbollah, y compris sur le recrutement forcé, notamment auprès de jeunes chiites; les conséquences pour ceux qui refusent de se joindre au Hezbollah; la disponibilité d'une protection offerte par l'État; les régions contrôlées par le Hezbollah, y compris la capacité du groupe de trouver une personne qu'il recherche lorsqu'elle retourne au Liban; la présence d'espions ou d'informateurs du Hezbollah à l'extérieur des régions contrôlées par l'organisation; information indiquant si les étudiants libanais chiites revenant au pays après des études à l'étranger sont tenus pour des espions (2013-octobre 2015)

29 October 2015 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: Amal Movement, including areas of operation and control; instances of forced recruitment, particularly of youth; activity, including checkpoints and roadblocks within Beirut (2011-December 2013)

19 December 2013 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Liban : information sur le mouvement Amal (Amal Movement), y compris ses zones de contrôle et d'opération; les cas de recrutement forcé, en particulier de jeunes; ses activités, y compris les postes de contrôle de la circulation et les barrages routiers à Beyrouth (2011-décembre 2013)

19 December 2013 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Syria: 1. Are men born to Lebanese fathers entitled to Lebanese citizenship? 2. If yes, do they have a right to enter and reside in Lebanon without restriction? 3. Is there evidence that Syrian forces have managed to return anti-government critics to Syria and/or Lebanese forces would return anti-government critics to Syria? 4. Is there any evidence that the Syrian secret service is active in Australia? Or that any actions/views expressed in Australia would come to the attention of such services in Lebanon or Syria? 5. What are the chances of the Assad regime being toppled in the foreseeable future and if this happened what would be the risk for Shia Alawites?

26 April 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: Update to LBN41902.E of 5 September 2003 on whether a Lebanese Embassy, in Canada or in any other country, can play an intermediary role in a Lebanese Shi'ite couples' pursuit of a divorce through a legalized power of attorney in Lebanon even though the couple remains in the foreign country; if so, description of the procedure; whether it is necessary to obtain a Muslim divorce before obtaining a judicial divorce (for purposes of registration); rules and current practices regarding child custody in the Shi'ite community, especially when the father is not living in Lebanon

31 October 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: Whether in the Shi'ite community the family of a divorced husband has the legal right to take away the children from the former wife, even if the husband no longer lives in Lebanon

5 September 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Lebanon: Treatment of Kataeb Party (Phalange Party) members by Shi'a Muslims in Lebanon and state protection available; information regarding a high-ranking member of the Kataeb Party who was assassinated in Lebanon by extremists

8 August 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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