Dokument #1015002
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
There are no reports of skinhead attacks on Roma resulting in death in the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
LEXIS/NEXIS
Unsuccessful attempts to obtain
information from the United Roma Union and from the Foundation for
Regional Development "ROMA" - Plovdiv
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International (AI)
Balkan Information Exchange
The Balkans Human Rights Web Pages
Central Europe Review
Council of Europe
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999. 2000
Le courrier des Balkans
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
International Helsinki Federation for
Human Rights (IHF-HR)
Keesing's
Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Patrin
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL)
Roma Press Center
RomNews
Transitions
World News Connection (WNC)