Information on the Chinese community in Guatemala is scarce and not up to date.

Guatemala has a very small commmunity of Chinese (AP 18 July 1993). According to data first published in 1982, there were 13,700 ethnic Chinese living Guatemala, compared to 3323 in 1955 (International Migration Review Fall 1990, 488, 496). This population established itself mainly in the capital and other urban areas (Buhrer and Levenson 1980, 144). Further information could not be found among the sources currently available 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. Please find attached the list of additional sources consulted in researching this information request.

References

Associated Press (AP). 18 July 1993. AM Cycle. Juan Zamorano. "Chinese Immigrants Find Difficult Life in Panama." (NEXIS)

Buhrer, J. C. and C. Levenson. 1980. Le Guatemala: les populations. Bruxelles: Editions Complexe.

International Migration Review [New York]. Fall 1990. Vol. 24, No. 3. Dudley L. Poston Jr. and Mei-Yu Yu. "The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese in the Contemporary World."

Attachments

Area Handbook Series: Guatemala: A Country Study. 1984. Edited by Richard F. Nyrop. Washington, DC: Foreign Area Studies, The American University, p. 23.

Associated Press (AP). 18 July 1993. AM Cycle. Juan Zamorano. "Chinese Immigrants Find Difficult Life in Panama." (NEXIS)

Buhrer, J. C. and C. Levenson. 1980. Le Guatemala: les populations. Bruxelles: Editions Complexe, pp. 142-144.

International Migration Review [New York]. Fall 1990. Vol. 24, No. 3. Dudley L. Poston Jr. and Mei-Yu Yu. "The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese in the Contemporary World," pp. 480-508.

Additional Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. 1990-1994.

Central America Newspak [Austin, Tx]. Bi-monthly.

Central America Report [Guatemala City]. Weekly.

Central America Update [Toronto]. Monthly.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1990-1993.

Human Rights Watch World Report. 1990-1994.

Latin America Update [Washington]. Monthly.

NACLA Report on the Americas. Monthly.

Minority Rights Group International. Various dates.

Problèmes d'Amérique latine. Quarterly.

World Directory of Minorities. 1990.

On-line search and oral sources.