Dokument #1168785
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
In telephone interviews on 15 and 18 April
1997, a professor in the department of government at Georgetown
University in Washington, who specializes in southeastern European
politics and government and who was most recently in Moldova in
August 1996 conducting field research, provided the following
information. The professor did not believe that ethnic Ukrainians
in Moldova encounter any serious difficulty, apart from economic
deprivations resulting from the transition from a centrally planned
economy to a market economy, or that they are subjected to
widespread discrimination. However, the professor added that he
would not discount the possibility that there may be instances in
which they are subjected to informal discriminatory practices by
authorities or employers.
Corroborating information on the
above-mentioned topic 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 below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
References
Georgetown University, Washington. 18
April 1997. Telephone interview with professor of government.
_____. 15 April 1997. Telephone
interview with professor of government.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
Yearly.
CSCE Digest [Washington].
Monthly.
DIRB country file on Moldova.
DIRB databases.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. Yearly.
Minority Rights Group International
Report. Yearly.
Nationalities Papers [Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, UK]. Quarterly.
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague].
Monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York].
Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other
oral sources.