Dokument #1335557
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The information that follows pertains to
the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution at the end of 1991.
In a telephone interview on 19 January
1995, a professor of history at Carleton University's Centre for
Research on Canadian-Russian Relations in Ottawa provided the
following information. The professor stated that, to the best of
his knowledge, he was not aware of any law that required people to
leave their internal passport at a government office before
travelling outside the country, although people were often required
to do so.
In a telephone interview on 19 January
1995, a professor of law who specializes in international and
comparative law at Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey,
provided the following information. The professor stated that, to
the best of his knowledge, people were able to leave their internal
passports at home prior to travelling outside the country. It would
probably have been mandatory to list one's parents' nationalities
on university application forms. The professor added that he did
not know whether it would have been necessary to list one's
parents' nationalities on all employment application forms, but the
higher and more sensitive the position, the greater the likelihood
that the nationalities of the applicant's parents would have had to
be indicated.
In a telephone interview on 19 January
1995, an official at the Mayrock Centre for Russian Research,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, provided the following information.
This official did not indicate whether one's parents' nationalities
were required on application forms. However, according to the
Mayrock Centre official, people were normally required to indicate
the name of their parents on application forms, and it would often
have been possible to infer the parents' nationalities from their
names.
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.
Professor of history, Centre for
Research on Canadian-Russian Relations, Carleton University,
Ottawa. 19 January 1995. Telephone interview.
Professor of law, Rutgers Law School,
Camden, NJ. 19 January 1995. Telephone interview.
Official, Mayrock Centre for Russian
Research, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 19 January 1995. Telephone
interview.