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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995. 1996. United States Department of State. Washington, DC. (Electronic version received from Resource Information Center, US Immigration and Naturalization Service)

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

The Minority Rights Group Reports. Various dates. London.

On-line searches of news articles.

Valognes, J. P. 1994. Vie et mort des Chrétiens d'Orient. Paris: Fayard.

World Directory of Minorities. 1990. London: Minority Rights Groups International.

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