Russia: Information on Koreans living in the Sakhalin region and in the Primorsky Kray, and on the treatment of Russians in these regions
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS18372.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on Koreans living in the Sakhalin region and in the Primorsky Kray, and on the treatment of Russians in these regions, 1 September 1994, RUS18372.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aad560.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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For information on Koreans living in the Sakhalin region and in the Primorsky Kray, please consult the attached documents and Response to Information Request SUN10062.E of 10 January 1992.
Information on the treatment of Russians in these regions is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Asia Survey [Berkeley]. October 1977. Vol. 17. George Ginsburgs and Herta Ginsburgs. "A Statistical Profile of the Korean Community in the Soviet Union."
BBC Summary of Broadcasts. 4 June 1994. "Yeltsin and Kim Yong-sam News Conference on Economic Cooperation and DPRK." (NEXIS)
Izvestiya [Moscow, in Russian]. 5 April 1990. "Sakhalin Koreans From Cultural Association." (FBIS-SOV-90-070 12 Apr. 1992, p. 111)
Los Angeles Times. 6 May 1990. Janet Snyder. "Soviet Island Koreans Look to Homeland."
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 18 August 1989. Report on the USSR. Vol. 1, No. 33. Suzanne Crow. "Progress in Repatriating Koreans on Sakhalin."
The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS). 18 April 1994. Ivan Zakharchenko. "S Korea to Decide Asylum Issue to Ex-N Koreans with Russia" (NEXIS)
. 14 March 1994. Yevgeny Belovitsky. "Three of Four Koreans on Sakhalin Would Like to Go Home." (NEXIS)
