Dokument #1111678
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Reports on the LTTE recruitment of married
men, especially those in their fifties, could not be found among
the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Reports available to the Research
Directorate on LTTE recruitment focus on the recruitment of
children, youths and women (IAC Newsletter 7 Nov. 1995; Reuters 10
Dec. 1995; The Island 5 Oct. 1997; Daily News 16
Jan. 1998; ibid. 7 Apr. 1998; IPS 4 May 1998).
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.
References
Daily News [Colombo]. 7 April
1998. "Small Tamil Children Are Forced to Fight a War." [Internet]
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse
[Accessed 8 Apr. 1998]
_____. 16 January 1998. Richard de
Silva. "60 p.c. Tiger Cadres Children." [Internet] http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse
[Accessed 16 Jan. 1998]
IAC Newsletter. 7 November 1995. Jawed
Naqvi. "Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels Recruit Kids to Fight War."
(NEXIS)
Inter Press Service (IPS). 4 May 1998.
Feizal Samath. "Sri Lanka–Conflict: UNICEF Calls for
Week-long Ceasefire." (NEXIS)
The Island [Colombo]. 5 October
1997. Sumadhu Weerawarne. "To Stop Children Being Used for Military
Conflicts Kadirgamar Calls for Global Campaign." [Internet] http://www.upali.lk/island
[Accessed 11 May 1998]
PTI News Agency [New Delhi, in English].
13 August 1997. "Tamil Rebels Reportedly Shifting Bases East as
Army Advances." (BBC Summary 14 Aug. 1997/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS.