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United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Resource Information Center (RIC) was established to meet the information needs of the Asylum Officer and Immigration Officer Corps in the USA and overseas by providing credible and objective information on conditions in the countries of origin of asylum and refugee applicants. To meet this need, the RIC obtains information from reputable human rights monitors, government agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia and the media. The RIC then compiles this information in a variety of publications that are distributed to the Officer Corps. The RIC is a Branch of the Asylum Division in the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (US Department of Homeland Security).

This database includes RIC Profiles, Perspectives, Alerts, Question and Answer Papers (classified as "Country Reports") and RIC Query Responses (classified as "Responses to Information Requests"). Website: uscis.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/
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Lebanon: Information on South Lebanese Army (SLA) members and their families after the Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon in May 2000

21 February 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Nicaragua: Information on Nicaraguan armed groups

23 January 2002 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Rwanda: Information on the role of the Interhamwe [also Interahamwe] militia and the use of roadblocks during the 1994 Rwandan genocide

14 August 2001 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Ethiopia: Information on the Oromo Ethnic Group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO)

18 April 2001 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Uganda: Information on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Human Rights Record of Government Security Forces

12 April 2001 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

El Salvador: FMLN Guerrilla Attacks on Infrastructure and Commerce in San Miguel and the Response of the El Salvadoran Armed Forces Third Brigade

20 November 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Republic of Congo (Brazzaville): Information on the human rights situation and the Ninja militia

14 November 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Yugoslavia: Information on early Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) terrorist activity

15 September 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Nigeria: Information on the "Egbesu Boys of Africa" and the "Niger Delta Volunteer Force"

14 January 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

Colombia: Kidnapping and extortion by armed groups in urban and suburban areas

3 January 2000 | Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services | Document type: Query Responses

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