Dokument #1354498
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
For information on the Udmurts in Estonia,
please consult the attached facsimile sent to the DIRB on 15 August
1997 by the director of the Aleksanteri Institute in Helsinki. In a
15 August 1997 telephone interview, the director stated that the
Aleksanteri Institute at the Finnish Centre for Russian and East
European Studies, University of Helsinki, is a research institute
specializing in the Baltic States and Russia. The Institute also
provides consultation and information services to businesses and
the Finnish government. The director added that the information in
the 15 August 1997 facsimile represents the viewpoint of the
Institute.
Corroborating information on the Udmurts in
Estonia 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.
Reference
Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki. 15
August 1997. Telephone interview with the director.
Attachment
Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki. 15
August 1997. Facsimile sent to the DIRB.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
Yearly.
Baltic Times [Riga].
Weekly.
CSCE Digest [Washington].
Monthly.
DIRB country file on Estonia.
DIRB databases.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. Daily.
Minority Rights Group International
Report [London]. Irregular.
Nationalities Papers [Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, UK]. Quarterly.
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Twice
monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [Washington].
Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other
oral sources.