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Information on current situation of refugees in Cambodia

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 May 1990
Citation / Document Symbol KHM5427
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Information on current situation of refugees in Cambodia, 1 May 1990, KHM5427, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab18c.html [accessed 30 May 2023]
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For information on the requested subject, please find attached a copy of the following:

-From The Globe and Mail: "The Dispossessed", 3 April 1990, p. A1; "Cambodian refugees cut off from aid, UN says", 24 january 1990, p. A10; "30,000 Khmer Rouge guerrillas cross border, Thai sources say", 22 January 1990, p. A3;

-"The Khmer Rouge inheritance", in The Financial Times, 19 March 1990;

-"Des Réfugiés otages des Khmers rouges", in Liberation, 26 January 1990;

-"No place for children, or grown-ups", in The Economist, 6 January 1990, p. 36;

-From Documentation Réfugiés: "Le Cambodge", 4/13 January 1990 (1 page); "Le Cambodge", 5/14 January 1989, pp. 3-4;

-"Réfugiés Cambodgiens en Thailande", in Le Monde Diplomatique, December 1989;

-"Cambodia in 1989", in Asian Survey, January 1990, pp. 96-104;

For specific questions on the current situation of refugees in Cambodia, you may wish to call the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ottawa, at (613) 232-0909. The Geneva headquarters of the UNHCR should be able to provide even more detailed information regarding special concerns. To contact it, please refer to the Ottawa UNHCR office mentioned above.

Another place where specific questions on the situation of refugees may be answered is the U.S. Committee for Refugees in Washington, at (202) 347-3507.

A videocassette copy of a recent documentary aired on television by the ABC U.S. network on the current situation in Cambodia can be obtained by calling the following number (if it cannot be reached directly from your telephone, please contact your operator): 1-800-ABC-READ or 1-800-222-7323. The cost of the videocassette should be US$19.95, plus US$3 for shipping and handling.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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