Latvia: Update to Responses to Information Requests LVA22414.E of 8 December 1995 and LVA22774.E of 4 January 1996 on the treatment of Jews
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LVA27201.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Latvia: Update to Responses to Information Requests LVA22414.E of 8 December 1995 and LVA22774.E of 4 January 1996 on the treatment of Jews, 1 July 1997, LVA27201.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abbc2.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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For information on the current situation and treatment of Jews in Latvia, please consult the attachment. Additional information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachment
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ). May 1997. Anti-Semitism in the Former Soviet Union: Report 1995-1997. Washington, DC: UCSJ, pp. 213-215, 217- 221, 264.
Additional Sources Consulted
CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.
DIRB country file on Latvia.
DIRB databases.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.
News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Twice monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York]. Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
