Dokument #1223571
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on the treatment of women of Indian origin nor whether male escorts are required for safety in public 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 find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential
Africa Research Bulletin
Europa
The Indian Ocean Newsletter
Annual Report on International Religious
Freedom 2000
IRB Databases
Jeune Afrique
LEXIS/NEXIS.
Political Handbook of the World 2000
Resource Centre Country Files:
Madagascar.
Southern Africa Report 1997-2000
World News Connection (WNC)
Internet sources, including:
Amnesty International Online.
Country Reports.
Fédération Internationale
des droits de l'homme (FIDH).
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Online.
International Women's Rights Action
Watch
Search engines including:
Alltheweb
AltaVista
Dogpile
Google
Metacrawler