Dokument #1166950
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
In a telephone interview on 14 December
1995, a research analyst who specializes in Albania and Macedonia
at Prague's Open Media Research Institute (OMRI), a research
enterprise dedicated to the study of the former Soviet Union and
east-central and south-eastern Europe, provided the following
information. There is compulsory military service in Macedonia for
men aged 18 to 27, although under some circumstances the age limit
can be extended to 30. The period of military service is 10 months.
The research analyst did not know whether citizens are required to
perform reserve military service.
According to page 38 of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service attachment of February 1995,
Macedonia maintains its own small armed forces, and military service is mandatory for all men between the ages of 18 and 27. They are required to serve between 12 and 15 months on active duty. They continue to be subject to recall in cases of emergency as part of the reserves up till the age of 50.
Information on the length of reserve
service, on whether citizens are called up to perform reserve
service on a periodic basis, and on the penalties for failure to
respond to call-up orders to perform regular and reserve military
service could not be found among the source consulted by the
DIRB.
For information on the status and treatment
of draft evaders, please consult the Immigration and Naturalization
Service attachment of February 1995.
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 below the list of
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) Resource Information Center. Profile Series: Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Human Rights Since 1990.
Washington, DC: United States INS Resource Information Center.
Open Media Research Institute (OMRI),
Prague. 14 December 1995. Telephone interview with research
analyst.
Attachment
Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) Resource Information Center. Profile Series: Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Human Rights Since 1990.
Washington, DC: United States INS Resource Information Center, pp.
38-41.
Other Sources Consulted
DIRB country file on Macedonia.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. Daily.
On-line search of media sources.
Other oral sources.