Information on the time period during which the birth registry offices in Jaffna were not functioning [LKA21134.E]

Information on the above-mentioned subject 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 attached the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International country file. January 1993-present.

Asian Survey [Berkeley, Calif.]. January 1993-present.

DIRB country file. January 1993-present.

Indexed Media Review (IMR). January 1994-present.

The Sri Lanka Information Monitor Situation Report (INFORM) [Colombo]. January 1994-present.

Tamil Information [London]. August 1993-present.

On-line searches and oral source.