No reports on foreign funding for the Commissioner's Office for Refugees could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

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 see the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential [London].

Africa Contemporary Record [London].

Africa Research Bulletin [Oxford].

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 1994-1997.

IRB Databases.

Keesing's Record World Events [Cambridge]. 1988-1990.

Sudan Democratic Gazette [London].

Two oral sources contacted did not provide information on the subject.

Search engines including:

Google.

Metacrawler.

Mamma.

Internet sites including:

Africa News

IRIN

Human Rights Watch

UNHCR