Somalia: Penalties for returning to Somalia following the submission of a refugee claim
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SOM0988 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: Penalties for returning to Somalia following the submission of a refugee claim, 1 May 1989, SOM0988, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaca14.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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Apart from the information found in the sources already available to the requester, Amnesty International reports instances of Somalis suspected of actively opposing the government being arrested on returning to Somalia. [ Somalia: A Long-Term Human Rights Crisis, (London: Amnesty International, September 1988), p. 16.]
Please find attached copies of two pages of the abovementioned publication, in which the case of an unsuccessful refugee claimant arrested upon return is described:
-Somalia: A Long-Term Human Rights Crisis, (London: Amnesty International, September 1988), pp. 11-12.
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